The Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections just released its report on the municipal elections that took place yesterday. The report covered the Beqaa and Beirut elections and stated that the Ministry of Interior did not handle the electoral process seriously and that the voting and counting procedures were not properly followed. Here are some of the points raised by LADE, which is a civil, independent and nonprofit organization specialized in elections and how closely they…

by Yasmine Darwiche The Beirut municipal elections are over, the turnout was very low when compared to other regions, Beirut Madinati lost and the Beirutis List has won. A lot of people are upset and disgusted by the results, but I think we all knew deep inside that the likelihood of an outside list winning in Beirut is almost impossible especially when all the political blocks in the country rallied against them. So what do…