15 appeals filed with Constitutional Council over elections results

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The Constitutional Council’s deadline for accepting appeals against the results of the parliamentary elections ended on Thursday, after 15 appeals were filed in total, the state-run National News Agency reported.

The appeals were filed between May 31 and June 16, NNA said.

Below are the details of the 15 appeals as reported by the agency:

- Paul Hanna al-Hamed vs. MP Elias Khoury of the Lebanese Forces (Maronite seat in Tripoli)

- Mohammed Hammoud vs. MP Bilal al-Hshaimy (Sunni seat in Zahle)

- Josephine Zgheib vs. MP Farid al-Khazen (Maronite seat in Keserwan)

- Haidar Zahreddine vs. MP Ahmed Rustom (Alawite seat in Akkar)

- Elie Khalil Charbachi vs. MP Cynthia Zarazir (minorities seat in Beirut I)

- Ex-MP Faisal Karami (Sunni seat in Tripoli) vs. MPs Rami Fanj, Ehab Matar and Firas al-Salloum

- Amal Abu Zeid vs. MP Saeed al-Asmar (Maronite seat in Jezzine)

- Marwan Kheireddine and the Hope and Loyalty list vs. MP Firas Hamdan (Druze seat in Hasbaya)

- Ex-MP Ibrahim Azar vs. MPs Charbel Maroun and Saeed al-Asmar (Maronite seat in Jezzine)

- Zeina Monzer (Druze seat in Beirut II) vs. MPs Faisal al-Sayegh and Waddah al-Sadek

- Jad Ghoson (Maronite seat in Northern Metn) vs. MPs Razi al-Hajj and Hagop Pakradounian

- Haidar Nasser (Alawite seat in Tripoli) vs. MPs Ehab Matar and Firas al-Salloum

- Simon Sfeir vs. MPs Neemat Frem and Farid al-Khazen (Maronite seat in Keserwan)

- Tanious Mahfouz vs. MP Jamil Abboud (Greek Orthodox seat in Tripoli)

- Wassef al-Harakeh vs. MP Fadi Alameh (Shiite seat in Baabda)

SourceNaharnet