The political withdrawal of Saad Hariri has plunged some 98,000 voters in Mazraa into uncertainty about the next legislative elections. (Credit: Florient Zwein/OLJ)
Sitting on a plastic chair in front of an atayef (pastry) shop in Mazraa, Mohammad has just opened his blue eyes. Out of his pocket, he takes his notes about the electoral lists that are running in the Beirut II constituency, 10 in all, as if it were a soccer team’s ranking for the upcoming games.
Several candidates could please him. Any ‘ibn (son of) Beirut’ or those “offering services, because that’s all the people need.”
However, he will not vote. The withdrawal of his zaim, former Prime Minister Tammam Salam, has been convincing enough for him to abstain. He is far from being the only one. Never before has such ambiguity prevailed on the way this neighborhood of 98,000 registered voters approached the elections.
In this neighborhood in Beirut several Lebanons meet. Sunnis, Greek Orthodox and Shiites, whose number increased...
Several candidates could please him. Any ‘ibn (son of) Beirut’ or those “offering services, because that’s all the people need.”
However, he will not vote. The withdrawal of his zaim, former Prime Minister Tammam Salam, has been convincing enough for him to abstain. He is far from being the only one. Never before has such ambiguity prevailed on the way this neighborhood of 98,000 registered voters approached the elections.
In this neighborhood in Beirut several Lebanons meet. Sunnis, Greek Orthodox and Shiites, whose number increased...
Sitting on a plastic chair in front of an atayef (pastry) shop in Mazraa, Mohammad has just opened his blue eyes. Out of his pocket, he takes his notes about the electoral lists that are running in the Beirut II constituency, 10 in all, as if it were a soccer team’s ranking for the upcoming games.
Several candidates could please him. Any ‘ibn (son of) Beirut’ or those “offering services, because that’s all the people need.”
However, he will not vote. The withdrawal of his zaim, former Prime Minister Tammam Salam, has been convincing enough for him to abstain. He is far from being the only one. Never before has such ambiguity prevailed on the way this neighborhood of 98,000 registered voters approached the elections.
In this neighborhood in Beirut several Lebanons meet. Sunnis, Greek Orthodox and Shiites, whose number...
Several candidates could please him. Any ‘ibn (son of) Beirut’ or those “offering services, because that’s all the people need.”
However, he will not vote. The withdrawal of his zaim, former Prime Minister Tammam Salam, has been convincing enough for him to abstain. He is far from being the only one. Never before has such ambiguity prevailed on the way this neighborhood of 98,000 registered voters approached the elections.
In this neighborhood in Beirut several Lebanons meet. Sunnis, Greek Orthodox and Shiites, whose number...
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