GEMAYEL: EITHER AGREEMENT WITH TASHNAG OR TWO CLOSED LISTS
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19/03/2009
The head of the Phalange party former President Amin Gemayel said on
Thursday that communication with the Tashnag party had not come to a
halt and should increase in the coming days, noting that the electoral
lists for the upcoming parliamentary elections needed to be disclosed.
Speaking to the Voice of Lebanon, Gemayel said that the electoral
battle in the Metn district could be an ordinary one if the Tashnag
took a clear position, finding strange that the Armenian party backs
only one candidate from an electoral list.
The former President said that things should become clearer within
days but he rejected the possibility of keeping the Armenian seat
vacant. "Either we hold an agreement with the Tashnag party or we’ll
resort to two complete lists," he said.
Gemayel’s new ally, MP Michel Murr, wants to keep the Armenian seat
vacant to secure the votes of the Tashnag party. The Armenian party
however, promised Murr to vote solely for him, but not for the entire
list as Tashnag is allied to Aoun’s FPM.