Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and his wife, Sethrida, in a party office in Bsharri during the municipal elections on Sunday, May 12, 2025. (Credit: LF)
Since the start of the municipal elections on May 4, the Lebanese Forces (LF) have had the wind in their sails. In the first round of voting held in Mount Lebanon, they scored significant victories in Jbeil, Jounieh and Jdeideh-Boushrieh-Sadd al-Boushrieh. In the second round, which took place in northern Lebanon, they managed to shake the throne of their main rival, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil, in Batroun, while maintaining their position as the main political force in their stronghold, the Bsharri district, or so it seems. Read more Tripoli’s municipal elections and ‘Sunni discontent’ In practice, this positive track record rests on a solid network of alliances, made all the more necessary by the majoritarian electoral system. Some of these alliances were fairly logical, such as with the Kataeb Party or...
Since the start of the municipal elections on May 4, the Lebanese Forces (LF) have had the wind in their sails. In the first round of voting held in Mount Lebanon, they scored significant victories in Jbeil, Jounieh and Jdeideh-Boushrieh-Sadd al-Boushrieh. In the second round, which took place in northern Lebanon, they managed to shake the throne of their main rival, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil, in Batroun, while maintaining their position as the main political force in their stronghold, the Bsharri district, or so it seems. Read more Tripoli’s municipal elections and ‘Sunni discontent’ In practice, this positive track record rests on a solid network of alliances, made all the more necessary by the majoritarian electoral system. Some of these alliances were fairly logical, such as with the Kataeb Party...
