March 14, Independents Merge Lists, Emile Naufal Withdraws
March 14 forces and independent candidates on Thursday merged their electoral lists after Maronite contestant in Jbeil Emile Naufal announced his was pulling out of the race.
“After thorough study of the action taken by the electoral campaign in the district of Jbeil, and in view of the nature of the geographical distribution of candidates of national forces in the region … I became convinced that someone should withdraw from the battle to provide the best opportunities to overcome the anti-national line,” Naufal said in a statement.