After the closure of ballot boxes abroad, monitoring continues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs even after the voting process. The boxes will be opened, and the envelopes inside will be counted and compared with the number of voters. Afterward, the minutes will be recorded and signed by the presiding officer and assistants. These boxes, along with the minutes, will be prepared and placed into diplomatic bags, all under direct camera surveillance, according to "An-Nahar." The box will be securely locked, just like the diplomatic bag that contains a tracking device. They will be transported directly from the polling center to the local airport and then to Beirut Airport.
According to the "Foreign Ministry," all ballot boxes from various countries are awaited for reception at the airport by Haadi Hashim, the General Director of Emigrants at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Fatten Yunes, the General Director of Political Affairs and Refugees at the Ministry of Interior. They will accompany the boxes to the Banque du Liban vault, where they will remain until May 15, when all ballots will be sent to the districts and counted at the moment the boxes are closed by the registration committees in the regions, with the results announced alongside the official results. Sources from the "Foreign Ministry" stated to "Nidaa Al-Watan" that after the completion of the voting operations abroad, the boxes will be opened under the supervision of international and Lebanese observers to count the envelopes and compare them with the number of voters. After this, the minutes will be recorded and signed by the heads of the polling stations and assistants before being placed back in boxes sealed securely with red wax and equipped with GPS tracking devices. They will then be directly shipped via DHL to Rafik Hariri International Airport and from there to the Central Bank of Lebanon, where they will remain until they are delivered to the registration committees on May 15, in preparation for counting the votes of expatriates alongside the votes of voters in Lebanon.
