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DAILY SCOPE: People Reassure Choice of Resistance in South Elections, Naturalization of Refugees Rejected

DAILY SCOPE: People Reassure Choice of Resistance in South Elections, Naturalization of Refugees Rejected
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Lebanese Dailies:

AS-SAFIR:

South Elections: Political Vitality...Security Order

Washington Aims at Raqqa...Daesh Threatens

AN-NAHAR:

Salam to An-Nahar: Naturalization Issue Requires Follow-Up

Syrian Factions Threaten to Break Truce if Ghouta Attacks Do Not Stop in 24 Hours

AL-AKHBAR:

Syria: Washington Preparing to Take Back Raqqa

Iraq: Daesh Close to Losing Falluja

AL-JOMHOURIA:

Sidon for "Future Party", Jezzine for Aoun

AL-LIWAA:

Russian Raids on Aleppo...US General Visits Syria in Preparation for Raqqa Battles

The third round of Municipal and Mayoral elections took place yesterday in the districts of South Lebanon and Nabatiyeh, with a turnout of 48% and no serious problems mentioned. Monday's Lebanese dailies touched on the big win achieved by the Resistance in this round of elections, pointed out to the winning of the Free Patriotic Movement in Jezzine, and highlighted the retreat of the Future Party in Sidon in comparison to the previous elections.

DAILY SCOPE: People Reassure Choice of Resistance in South Elections, Naturalization of Refugees Rejected

Also, newspapers followed up on the crucial issue of the Syrian refugees and a Lebanese consensus to reject any naturalization.

AL-BINAA: People Reassure Choice of Resistance in Elections

The people of South Lebanon turned the municipal elections into a new "ceremony" with the commemoration of the Liberation and Resistance holiday as the "Israeli" forces withdrew from South Lebanon on May 25, 2000.

The people turned the electoral race into a "wedding ceremony" with high electoral turnout that reached 50% and reassured that the people of the south are adhered to the choice of resistance, said al-Binaa newspaper on Monday.

Political sources told al-Binaa newspaper that "the high turnout of elections in the South is an indication that the majority of the people of these areas support Hizbullah and the Amal Movement and their allies, which implies that the people stick to the choice of resistance."

The sources added that "all the bets that were made on a retreat in the turnout of elections which would imply a gradual decline in the popularity of the resistance was proven to be false."

The sources also underlined that "The voting in the areas of South Lebanon implied voting for the choice of resistance and not for the candidates themselves," adding "this great turnout which reached 6 to 70 percent in some Southern towns blocks the way before those who claimed that the people object Hizbullah's decision to fight in Syria."

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq had pointed out that the election rates in the two districts of the South and Nabatieh had reached around 48.15%, stressing that the third electoral round witnessed a lot less "bribery, electoral competition and complaints."

AL-AKHBAR: Low Turnout in Sidon, Future Movement Barely Ahead

Al-Akhbar newspaper on Monday said that the Inmaa' list of Sidon headed by Mohammad al-Saudi won the municipal elections in the city. Yet, according to sources, the preliminary outcome reminded of the crisis of low turnouts that took place in Beirut's Municipal elections during the first round of the elections.

The sources said that in comparison to the 2010 elections the turnout has retreated, with only a very small gap between the Future Party and the Islamic Jamaa on the one hand, and a small gap in terms of vote numbers between the Future Party and the Free Patriotic Movement on the other.

Lebanon's municipal elections kicked off first in the capital Beirut and in Baalbek-al-Hermel on May 8. They were followed by polls in Mount Lebanon that were held on May 15 and May 29 will witness the last round which will be held in the North and Akkar.

AL-JOMHOURIA: Lebanon Looking Further into Naturalization Matter

Far from the elections and its echo, al-Jomhouria newspaper on Monday quoted informed sources as saying that "the concerned apparatuses in the country are making their contacts and trying to explore the reality behind what was mentioned in UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's report on naturalizing Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

Well-informed sources said that "making the report public at the time Lebanon is busy with its municipal and mayoral elections is not a coincidence," adding that "the point behind the timing was to allow the matter to take place without causing any uproar."

According to reports, Ban had said in a report he submitted to the Vienna conference on Syria that refugees have the right to obtain the nationalities of the countries they live in.

His remarks had prompted an urgent meeting for the Lebanese government's Syrian refugee cell which comprises Prime Minister Tammam Salam, Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq, Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas and Labor Minister Sejaan Qazzi.

AN-NAHAR: Salam Assures No Naturalization of Refugees in Lebanon

AN-Nahar newspaper on Monday reported that Lebanon's Prime Minister Tamam Salam underscored that the controversial issue of naturalizing Syrian refugees in what Ki-Moon described as "hosting countries" requires a close follow-up.

Speaking from Istanbul, where he is to attend the World Humanitarian Summit, Salam assured that his participation comes after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon clarified some points and denied having any intentions to urge Lebanon to naturalize the Syrian refugees on its land.

The paper said on Saturday that Salam, during the Summit, will address the case of Syrian refugees, demanding international support to allow the displaced to return to their homeland and safe regions to ease the burden they pose on Lebanon.

Lebanon is home to more than one million registered Syrian refugees, or nearly a quarter of the country's 4.5 million people. Lebanese officials say that another half a million Syrians live in the country as well.

Source: al-Ahed News

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