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Originally Posted by Joumana Gebara  Let us be frank to each others. Did you really believe for one second that FPM list will win in Ashrafieh?
The choice of Ashrafieh's candidate and the policy in Ashrafieh was never in the favor of FPM.
Let us simply take Sehnaoui (Sa7, nawi) as an example. Sehnaoui is the cousin of Pharaon and did not even get the support of his own family. Sehnaoui's uncle and father remind me of Gaby and Michel Murr who fought till death during the elections. Sehnaoui's uncle was the main supporter of Nayla Tueini's campaign even more than Choueiri, Sehnaoui's uncle who owns the Societe Generale 7at kil te2lo ta ysa2et Sehnaoui, ye3ne how could you believe for a moment that "fundamental Christian speeches" were the only reason. Hounaka ma wara2a al kawaliss!
Then we have Poussy el Ashkar who used during Aoun's era to be istikhbaret tiraz awal and get Lebanese who were against Aoun out of their houses to majeless ta2dibye (ye3ne yde2owon atle lil chabeb), do you think the people forgot it? Or you think people forgot Poussy's declaration 2 days before the election that he does not agree with Aoun's visit to Syria and lots of other subjects? This gave a boost to the other side's credibility and the voter thought that choosing Nayla and Nadim is actually the right choice since Poussy himself is not convinced about Aoun. Let us stop kidding each others: Lebanese live on 3atfe w khayel...and the role of the media is crucial, it forms their opinion.
So before criticizing Armenians who played an extremely marginal role in the whole elections, FPM must begin criticizing itself
w hayda kello b2oulo bi kil ma7abe wa i7tiram, just swallow it and try to get on the right track, ye3ne ma tenzel2o bil khoutab el ta2efe la2an mich l khoutab ken l mechkleh, el asbeb ta3adadet and what I mentioned is only part of a lot of accumulated reasons which led to failure. |
I would presume the reason for FPM loss was mainly because FPM was out of touch of what the Ashrafieh residents had been through these past few years. People forget that Ashrafieh is actually Beirut. The residents there saw assassinations, flying bullets, terror, abuse and demos. Do you think it is easy for those people to turn the switch off and vote for FPM, Hezbollah ally?
Voters were not too concerned about Christian rights more so they were worried about their security their safety and they feared that voting for FPM is basically voting for Hezbollah. We have to understand the psych behind such decision.
I am guessing that the majority of the votes that FPM got there were from residents who live outside Ashrafieh plus many armenians who live outside Lebanon.
sem3a bhal matal: 3ad el 3isi gher yalli 3m yekilon
I said it earlier, Zahle was a similar scenario in a way.
24th June 2009
