LEBANON: HUNDREDS QUEUE TO VOTE IN THIRD ROUND OF LEBANON'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
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LEBANON: HUNDREDS QUEUE TO VOTE IN THIRD ROUND OF LEBANON'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
- Title: LEBANON: HUNDREDS QUEUE TO VOTE IN THIRD ROUND OF LEBANON'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
- Date: 1st September 1996
- Summary: BEIRUT, LEBANON (SEPTEMBER 1, 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV LEBANESE ARMY VEHICLES/ PATROL DRIVING OUTSIDE A POLLING STATION 0.07 2. SLV FORMER LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER SELIM AL-HOSS CASTING HIS VOTE 0.22 3. LV LEBANESE ARMY VEHICLES PATROLLING 0.29 4. MV AL-HOSS SAYING HE IS VERY OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE PUBLIC SUPPORT IS VERY SOLID (ARABIC) 0.35 5. SMV LEBANESE VOTER SHOWING IDENTITY CARD TO POLICE AT ENTRANCE OF POLLING STATION 0.42 6. SMV PEOPLE CASTING THEIR VOTES AND SIGNING IN (2 SHOTS) 0.59 7. LV POLLING CENTRE IN EAST BEIRUT 1.05 8. SMV SECURITY AT POLLING STATION DOOR 1.12 9. MV ANOTHER POLLING CENTRE - MOSLEM WOMEN ARRIVE TO VOTE 1.23 10. SCU UNIDENTIFIED MAN SAYING WE HOPE (ELECTIONS) WE WILL HAVE FREE AND HONEST ELECTIONS (ARABIC) 1.31 11. SCU CANDIDATES' SUPPORTERS SHOWING LISTS OF CANDIDATES NAMES ON STRIPS OF PAPER 1.36 12. MV VEHICLES IN STREET; GIRL GIVING OUT FLOWERS WITH ELECTORAL LIST TO CAR DRIVERS IN STREET 1.44 13. LV LEBANESE ARMY ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS (APC'S) PATROLLING A STREET 1.56 14. SCU GILBERT SHAMAS, CHRISTIAN CANDIDATE SPEAKING (ENGLISH) 2.10 15. LV TRAFFIC JAM/ POSTERS FOR HARIRI AND ISSAM FARIS (A NORTHERN CANDIDATE) 2.12 TRANSCRIPT SEQ. 14. GILBERT SHAMAS "I DO NOT KNOW YET HOW THE PARTICIPATION WILL BE BUT IT SEEMS THAT IT IS NOT SO INTENSIVE ON THE EAST SIDE BUT ON THE WEST SIDE IT IS VERY GOOD." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: BEIRUT, LEBANON
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- Country: Lebanon ASIA MIDDLE EAST
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- Story Text: - INTRO: Hundreds of Lebanese have queued up to vote in Beirut in the third round of Lebanon's parliamentary election.
---------------------------------------------------------------- Beirut voters lined up at polling stations on Sunday (September 1) to choose the 19 deputies which will make up Lebanon's 128-member parliament.
Some 4,000 troops, some in armoured personnel carriers with helmets, flack jackets and automatic rifles, patrolled the streets as polls opened at 7.00 a.m. (0400 GMT).
It will be the first time billionaire Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri will be seeking a parliamentary seat in Lebanon's parliamentary elections.
Hariri, who hopes to make a strong showing by leading a list of 16 supporting candidates into parliament, faces a challenge from former prime minister Selim al-Hoss at the head of a 13-man list.
Both Hariri, who has gained popularity thanks to the achievements of his multi-billion dollars national reconstruction drive, and Hoss are expected to win seats.
But they are locked in a battle to get as many of their supporters into parliament as possible.
Hoss has said he has strong public support.
Some opposition candidates and an independent monitoring group complained of widespread electoral abuses by officials and supporters of the pro-Syrian government in the first two rounds of the election.
Hardline Christian opposition leaders have repeatedly called for a boycott of the election, saying there is no possibility of a free and fair vote, but many voters appear to have ignored the calls in the first two rounds of voting.
Gilbert Shamas, a Christian Democrat candidate said more people seemed to be voting on the West side of Beirut than on the East.
Mount Lebanon, the Christian heartland, and north Lebanon voted on the previous two Sundays and south Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa valley will vote on the next two Sundays.
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