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| Mohammed Itani to run in Beirut by-elections to replace Eido |
| 2007-07-22 |
| Al Moustaqbal Movement announced Friday that it has picked businessman Mohammed al-Amin Itani as the candidate for LebanonÂ’s parliament by-elections to replace slain legislator Walid Eido. The movement, headed by MP Saad Hariri, urged voters to participate in the Aug. 5 by-elections and to vote for Itani, the former head of the federation of Beirut families. The statement described Itani as a "distinguished voice Â… in defending Beirut and its families." It recalled that four MPs representing Beirut had been killed in more than two years starting with the Feb. 14 2005 blast which killed ex-Premier Rafik Hariri and parliamentarian Bassil Fleihan. Eido was killed in a powerful car explosion June 13. Gibran Tueni, a third member of the anti-Syrian majority representing Beirut in parliament, was assassinated in December 2005 and replaced by his father Ghassan Tueni. Al-Moustaqbal's statement came a few hours after former president Amin Gemayel announced he will run in the disputed parliamentary by-elections to replace his son, Pierre Gemayel, who was killed last year. |
| Posted by:Fred |