Mashnouq Postpones Terbol Municipal Elections

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq postponed the municipal elections in the Zahle town of Terbol until the completion of the administrative procedures, the state-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

“The administrative procedures linked to the civil registry of residents of the village of Shehabieh-Faour have not been completed yet,” an interior ministry statement said.

“Under law No 175 issued on August 2011 it was decided to establish the village of Shehabieh-Faour in the district of Zahle. On October 26, 2013 a decision to open a special civil registry for the said town in the registry of Zahle has been made,” it added.

However, until this moment, the administrative procedures to transfer the registry of persons residing in Terbol to the registry of Shehabieh-Faour are not complete, which makes it unfeasible to hold the elections on the scheduled date, according to the statement.

In March, Mashnouq issued a decree calling electoral bodies to take part in the municipal elections.

The municipal elections in Beirut and Bekaa-al-Hermal districts will take place on May 8, while the elections in Mount Lebanon will be held on May 15.

Elections in south Lebanon and Nabatieh were set for May 22 and north Lebanon and Akkar for May 29.

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