Arslan to Run with Allies as Part of Unified List in Elections
Youth and Sports Minister Talal Arslan said Friday that he and his allies will run as part of a unified list in the forthcoming elections.
"My allies and I will run as part of a unified list," Arslan told a news conference. "We call for an honorable competition."
"Talal Arslan does not beg for a seat from anyone," he stressed.
Arslan said that he has informed Democratic Gathering MP Walid Jumblat that the Hizbullah-led March 8 Forces will run as part of a unified list in Aley.
"I informed Jumblat that the opposition and I will not trade parliamentary seats with him or with his allies," said the leader of the Lebanese Democratic Party.
"Trading seats in Baabda or elsewhere is out of the question," Arslan insisted.
He said the alliance between Jumblat and Speaker Nabih Berri "does not commit us to anything."
Arslan said "we have full confidence in the army commander," but believed that the military "should not be dragged into domestic political disputes."