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Few believe election will end rule of political elite accused of destroying nation

Lebanese are set to go to the polls on Sunday 15th to choose 128 members of their national assembly from among 718 candidates, including 155 women and 88 between the ages of 25 and 35.

Poll was supposed to be major Christian battle but Hariri departure shifts focus on Sunnis

BEIRUT: Gulf Cooperation Council ambassadors to Lebanon have urged the country’s voters to prioritize the national interest over any other. The diplomats stressed that only those who preserved Lebanon, its sovereignty, freedom, Arab identity, and territorial integrity should become MPs. Their appeal came as the third stage of the parliamentary elections for official employees

The country is plagued by a deep economic crisis, as well as social and political instability.

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Sunni preachers have been told to issue a call in their Friday sermons for people to take part in the country’s parliamentary elections on May 15.

His move leaves Lebanon’s Sunni vote fragmented

Analysis: A diverse yet fractured opposition faces an uphill battle to unseat Lebanon's entrenched sectarian elite.

Mass demonstrations erupt blaming the assassination on Syria, which had deployed troops during Lebanon's 15-year civil war and kept them there after it ended in 1990. Shi'ite allies of Damascus stage their own big rallies in support of Syria, but international pressure forces the troops to withdraw.

By Maya Gebeily