iloubnan.info, Lebanon
July 11 2008
Murr and Tashnaq allies in 2009 elections
By George Eid
iloubnan.info – July 10, 2008
BEIRUT – After a meeting between Metn leader MP Michel al-Murr and MP
Hagop Pakradounian the `historic alliance, which dates as far back as
45 years’ was reconfirmed.
And they announced there alliance in the Metn area in the 2009
parliamentary elections.
On Thursday, MP Murr also publicly announced his alliance with the
Tashnaq in the 2009 elections. The MP added that there was no bad
blood with Aoun after Murr ended his alliance with the Change and
Reform bloc earlier this year.
Murr stated: `I am independent in politics. I am not accustomed to
adhering to parties and I did not leave the bloc to enter another. I
am independent of the Armenians, who are a respected entity in Lebanon
and the world".
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