Offers of free trip to Lebanon by Feb 14 (in Australia):
17 Dec 2008...
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March 14's US wing calls for joint effort to get expatriates here for June polls
Plans include 'travel strategy,' housing, opening Mouawad airport
By Nicholas Kimbrell
Daily Star staff
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
BEIRUT: Members of the March 14 alliance based in the United States have sent an open letter to party officials in Lebanon voicing their displeasure with the new electoral law and requesting that specific preparations be made to accommodate Lebanese expatriates returning to vote in the June parliamentary elections, The Daily Star has learned.
The letter, sent by Serge Selwan of the National Liberal Party (NLP) on behalf "14March-US" and seen by The Daily Star, requests, among other things, the full enfranchisement of Lebanese-Americans and information on tight electoral races.
It also demands that the Lebanese government make arrangements to open Rene Mouawad Airport in Kleiat, in case Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport is closed prior to the polls.
The letter, entitled "Open letter to 14 March Lebanon concerning June '09 elections," was sent on behalf of US-based representatives of the Future Movement, the Phalange Party, the Lebanese Forces (LF), the NLP and the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP).
The letter begins with a historical account of the Lebanese diaspora, particularly the close family ties between Lebanon and the US, and it criticizes the recent electoral law which does not permit Lebanese to vote from abroad.
"It is unacceptable that Lebanon continues to benefit from the financial prosperity of the diaspora without acknowledging the basic right of Lebanese living abroad to contribute to the political well-being of the country," the letter says.
However, the letter also notes Lebanese expatriates' "right and duty to participate" in the country's democratic process, and says that Lebanese-Americans will do their "utmost" to be in Lebanon for the June 7 polls.
To this end, the letter's authors request that the diaspora commission within March 14's general secretariat be reactivated and that the majority alliance "publicly and continuously" acknowledge the right of Lebanese-Americans to participate in the elections.
The head of the NLP, Dori Chamoun, who is running in the elections, told The Daily Star that he knew of the open letter, but that he hadn't yet seen the specifics. He did, however, acknowledge that getting people to Lebanon to vote was important but could be difficult, and that a "traffic jam" should be avoided.
When asked if the US branches of March 14 collaborated with party officials here in Lebanon, Chamoun answered: "Of course there is cooperation."
The second half of the open letter contains four additional requests regarding the voting infrastructure for those expatriates that do return for the vote. First, that necessary information about the upcoming polls (to include information on the "most contentious electoral battles") be provided to March 14 members in the US.
Second, the letter requests assistance in putting together a "travel strategy" for Lebanese Americans who want to participate in the polls. The third request asks that preparations be made to "absorb a number of American-Lebanese who may need housing."
The letter's fourth and final clause is a demand of the Lebanese government: It "require[s] from the Lebanese Government to gear-up the Rene Moawad Airport in Kleiat as an alternative airport in case the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut is closed down by a force-majeur."
The Daily Star also spoke with a leading party in the March 8 opposition to see if their foreign-based representatives were requesting similar get out the vote and accommodation initiatives. May Aql, the foreign press secretary for the Free Patriotic Movement headed by Michel Aoun, said that institutionally her party was not.
"At the level of the party we are not," she said. "We'll work to build awareness," she added, but travel plans, preparations and organization depend on "personal initiative."
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1000 $ by "voice" and the “Mayor” is present. Bukhaazi revealed to "OTV": What do Harb, Al-Ahdab, and Naila doing in Australia?
By Nancy Saab-
The Cabinet of Deputes’ refused to grant the majority of Lebanese living abroad during the Election Day, the right to choose their representatives when they refused to approve the reforms to the electoral law, including the right to vote outside of Lebanon.
The excuse is that the period before the elections is not sufficient to prepare all the necessary for this kind of project.
The majority refused to give the Lebanese their right, according to the law, but they can try to get their vote by other means... Moreover, I mean by extortion, by using the petrodollars, but don't get me wrong, all this is done "selectively" of course...
So what they did not want to be wide-ranging (right to vote outside Lebanon), they are trying now, to take it from their supporters abroad by other means.. These means are well known and they only need financing! And by billions...
Robert Bukhaazi
A Lebanese emigrant in Australia revealed the plan made by the “future movement” and said: "Airline Tickets are available, along with $ 1000 to cover the cost of living in Lebanon. Australia, as you all know, is far and the ticket, cost about three thousand Australian dollars. I came to Lebanon before the Holidays and I booked my place on time, yet the ticket cost was three thousand dollars. So go figure if you want to book thousands of tickets on the spot... Got the idea?
Corruption is the majorities policy, exploitation of the martyr “Rafik el Hariri’s” blood, by distributing assistance or aid in his spirit, setting themselves as the protectors of the red line and the protectors of the Lebanese Cedar through their huge painting of advertizing;
Moreover, their way to involve some religious symbols, no, let me rephrase, the involvement of the entire religion in the political game, plus other benefits to some, such as paying school fees or other bills...
How can you explain all this? Nevertheless, to transform people into beggars and needy, begging for the initiation of their rights.
Many other ways of local corruption does not differ with the immigrant. Money paid, tickets distributed soon, Lebanese passports done, and mostly the mayor is available in Australia to prevail.
Bukhaazi adds”: they sent deputies’ to Australia. Boutros Harb was there after Christmas, accompanied by a mayor to sign the requests for passports to Lebanese. They use the offices of the Forces, Phalange and the future in Australia to help fill these requests. They sent in the past two month Ahmed Fatfat, Misbah Al-Ahdab, and Naila Moawad. "
Those applications provides the necessary information on the emigrants, especially the most important is their ballot point. Applicants singed, and it is shown on the applications, after answering many questions that are all necessary questions:
- Are you an advocate of the Future Movement supporters Are You?
- Do you want to participate in the parliamentary elections next?
- Do you want to go to Hajj? This question is also contained in packaging applications, with a clear purpose. The price of the electoral voice, is equal the pilgrimage price.
Bukhaazi complemented”: The applications are distributed in churches and sent it by mail while on it the slogans of the Lebanese Forces and the future movement. "
These actions wont inhibits but one national conscience, which will stand free for seconds behind the isolated wall, so he could and for the rest of his life, live freely and surely without needing them.
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Originally Posted by Zehlawi  Here you go guys, for those of you that want to make your voice be heard stand up and count against those Syrian Iranian 
ps offcourse the Saudi's are not paying for this, this is from Ammouni's hard earned money.  
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Lebanon at a crossroad and your vote makes a difference
The American Lebanese Assembly calls on all American Lebanese to stand up and count in Lebanon’s most challenging time. Either our people secure the sovereignty and independence of Lebanon or we return to the days of darkness and occupation.
In March 2005, the people of Lebanon led the Cedar Revolution and released themselves from the tight grip of Syria’s occupation, cruelty and persecution.
The Lebanese Parliament failed to ratify a proposal to allow Lebanese expatriates to vote in the upcoming spring elections, under pressure from the Syrian-Iranian cronies, including Hizbullah, Amal, Aoun Movement, the Syrian Nationalist and Ba’ath parties. The ALA calls on all American Lebanese at all political, social, communal and organizational levels to encourage and facilitate active participation in voting. The ALA will work with March 14 representatives to facilitate the trip to Lebanon in order to participate in the elections that will demarcate Lebanon’s freedom, independence and sovereignty.
To obtain more assistance with registration for voting and trip information please call:
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28th January 2009
28th January 2009
