Lebanon

Secrets of Local Newspapers Published Today, Friday

Secrets of Local Newspapers Published Today, Friday

**Al-Jumhuriya**

It is rumored that a former official is close to signing a work contract abroad and is preparing to move to work with one of his friends in an international organization. Some parties are questioning whether the distribution of fuel oil by an influential party in some regions at this stage is considered money or electoral bribery. A right-wing party leader cooperating with "the revolution" is making intensive contacts to protect the one who recently assaulted the Minister of Energy.

**Al-Liwaa**

Observers fear an increase in the infiltration of non-media elements with incoming delegations, either for coverage or tourism in Beirut, as the election date approaches. Trade union parties are considering suing banks and the central bank due to the blockage of the amounts allocated to them as salaries or benefits. One side of the "duo" is facing embarrassment with old alliances in several electoral districts!

**An-Nahar**

Observers of the electoral movement expect the date of May 7 to witness heightened polarization a week before the elections, based on the premise that your vote on May 15 will defeat the weapon of May 7 that swept through Beirut to encourage the Beirut street to head to the ballot boxes to vote against this weapon. After the speech of the Secretary-General of "Hezbollah" today on the occasion of Al-Quds Day, many are awaiting the Eid al-Fitr sermon by Mufti Abdel Latif Derian, which is expected to praise Saudi Arabia's return to Lebanon and stress the importance of participating in the elections and avoiding boycott. Sources predicted that the seat of former minister Wiam Wahhab will be sacrificed in favor of a candidate from the Free Patriotic Movement in Shouf, given that Wahhab will not be able to advance in any case over MPs Marwan Hamadeh and Taymour Jumblatt.

**Al-Anbaa**

One of the candidates has assembled a team of individuals who were previously part of a prominent party and left for personal reasons. Certain resisting parties are deliberately engaging in operations to buy preferential votes for some candidates on competing lists to deprive a specific candidate of them.

**Al-Binaa**

A parliamentary source stated that the Future MPs' boycott of the confidence session requested by the Lebanese Forces is an electoral indicator for the upcoming elections, while the absence of MPs from the Forces at the session they called is an indicator of the Forces' lack of confidence in the election results themselves. An expert in electoral affairs in the Northern Bekaa stated that the Lebanese Forces have likely fallen into an electoral trap as part of a nomination and withdrawal plan, as the withdrawing candidates surprised many by their nominations more than they surprised them with their withdrawals.

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