Lebanese Communist Party Likely to Boycott Elections
The Lebanese Communist Party is expected to announce boycott of the upcoming parliamentary election, both in voting and candidacy.
The daily Ad Diyar on Friday said the Communist Party will announce its stance within the coming few days.
It said the party was not going to give its votes to the minority across all electoral districts, including southern Lebanon.
Meanwhile, pan-Arab daily Al Hayat said head of the Change and Reform bloc Gen. Michel Aoun was not "comfortable" by what seemed to be a decision to exclude cooperation with the Communist party.
It said Aoun believed this could harm the minority lists in the Koura and Batroun provinces and other electoral tickets, particularly in western Bekaa.
Hizbullah had informed the Communist party of its rejection to include its Deputy Secretary General Saadallah Mazraani on the minority list in Tyre after the two sides failed to reach a compromise in light of the Communists” decision to hold on to its candidates in western Bekaa, Koura and Zahle.