Agence France Presse — English
May 15, 2005 Sunday 6:16 PM GMT

Beirut: Slain Lebanese premier’s son announces electoral list

BEIRUT

Saad Hariri, son of the slain former premier Rafiq Hariri, on Sunday
announced his electoral list for Beirut’s three constituencies in the
Lebanese general election due to begin May 29.

Hariri announced 19 candidates for the city’s 19 seats, of which 10
are Christian and the rest Muslim.

His list includes Solange Gemayel, widow of slain president and
Christian warlord Bashir Gemayel, who will be the only candidate for
Beirut’s Maronite Christian seat, and Shiite movement Hezbollah’s
Amin Sherri for one of the two Shiite seats.

Standing for one of two Greek Orthodox seats will be Gibrane Tueni, a
member of the Christian anti-Syrian group Kornet Chehwan and the son
of newspaper owner Ghassan Tueni.

A key ally of Hariri’s father and a former justice minister, Bahige
Tabbara, is to stand for one of six Sunni seats.

Other candidates on the Hariri list are the same as those who stood
in the last elections in 2000 in support of his father.

These include candidates for the four Armenian seats, excluding
members of the Tashnag party which has widespread support among
Beirut’s significant Armenian minority.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress