Diaspora Election Related Issues

[raffoulig]

Thousands of Armenians will pour into Lebanon during this coming election from around the world .
may god bless GMA and my tashnag Party !

[TonyFPM]

Originally Posted by hannaalsayssa

we r kicking our electoral drive in nigeria this saturday....
the aim to contact all our supporters , especially the ones in critical kazas and encourage them to travel ...
i am pretty sure that we will see hundreds of us DENFNITELY TRAVELING by jun 09 .
all i can say is we are pretty SURE THAT WE WILL MOBILIZE MORE VOTERS FROM NIGERIA THAN jama3ett al saud.

our main targets
1-zgharat
2-koura
3-BATROUN
4-BAABDA...

Yeah! Focus on Zgharta and Baabda as much as U can!

[Makiabel]

Originally Posted by hannaalsayssa

we r kicking our electoral drive in nigeria this saturday....
the aim to contact all our supporters , especially the ones in critical kazas and encourage them to travel ...
i am pretty sure that we will see hundreds of us DENFNITELY TRAVELING by jun 09 .
all i can say is we are pretty SURE THAT WE WILL MOBILIZE MORE VOTERS FROM NIGERIA THAN jama3ett al saud.

our main targets
1-zgharat
2-koura
3-BATROUN
4-BAABDA...

wa Hannaaaaaaaa,

don't forget MATEN, ZAHLEH & WEST BEKAA-RACHAYA, they're very important as well.

[Makiabel]

Dear COLCO Members and Supporters,

Your are invited to attend a gathering with the TAYYAR Instishar Committee Delegation, visiting the GTA, this Friday January 30, 2009 from 9:00 p.m to 12:00 p.m at the La Grill Restaurant located at 7880 Keele Street.
Dr. Tarek Sadek The Head of the Tayyar Intishar Committee, Mr. Tony Moukheiber The Tayyar Elections Coordinator for the 2009 Parliamentary elections, and Mr. Robert Hanna COLCO General Coordinator will be our guests from January 30 and January 31, 2009.
This gathering will include a dinner, presentation by the Intishar Delegation about the 2009 Parliamentary Elections in Lebanon, and questions and answers period.

The cost of Dinner consisting of 5 types of Mezza, BBQ, soft drink and coffee or Tea is only $25 a person.

We are counting on your presence and participation to show your support and commitment to the Change and Reform Program for an improved Political system in our beloved Lebanon.

Thank you

[hannaalsayssa]

Originally Posted by Makiabel

wa Hannaaaaaaaa,

don't forget MATEN, ZAHLEH & WEST BEKAA-RACHAYA, they're very important as well.

we have few lebanese from these areas in here.
as for bekaa the shia are already way ahead of everyboby in here and they have finished their mob LOLLLLLLL.

and tony,

as for zgharta, the main reason bou zahra in in niegria this week is to galvanize people from that area there.
i reckon 20-30 % of the christians in here are from that kaza, and they are finacially endowed too.
like this saturday, they are having a dinner and expect about 400 people, 70% from northern kazas.
micho is calling people personally to invegorate them.
all their aim is for him to yekhra2 and EACH VOTE FOR THEM IS SO PRECIOUS...
beleive me when i say that nigeria WILL PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN THE ZGHARATA, KOURA BATTLE A DECIDING ROLE.

as for baabda, we have quiet a number of voters in here and , we need to re energize them , many are ex lf and ex kataeb fighters and supporters.
they do not like sg but also not that found of GENERAL and HA..
although they tend to lean towards us, if we can not let them vote for us, at least if we succed if them not voting is a plus,
or at least they contacting their families back home and putting a word for us.

the batrounis are few and not many,
few from roukouss, boukarim,hanna, families..ma3doudeen al sabee3.

[sarhay]

This excerpt was taken from Annahar issue of today online.

المغتربون

وأثار وزير الدولة لشؤون مجلس النواب وائل ابو فاعور الشكاوي التي ترد من البعثات والجاليات اللبنانية في بلاد الاغتراب من عدم تلبية طلبات المغتربين الحصول على جوازات سفر تتيح لهم المجيء الى لبنان للمشاركة في العملية الانتخابية. وتخوف من ان تكون هناك "عملية اعاقة منظمة" لمنع المغتربين من ممارسة هذا الحق.
فرد وزير الخارجية والمغتربين فوزي صلوخ بانه سيولي هذا الموضوع عنايته. فيما أوضح وزير الداخلية انه سيتعاون مع وزير الخارجية لمتابعة الموضوع على أساس ان المغتربين يحصلون على جواز سفر لونه احمر بينما يحصل المقيمون على جواز ازرق. وقال ان الامر يتعلق بالقنصليات التي تتلقى الطلبات وترسلها الى الامن العام لانجازها.
واتهمت مصادر بارزة في قوى 14 آذار وزارة الخارجية والامن العام بعرقلة حصول المغتربين على جوازات السفر المطلوبة من قنصليات تمارس انتماءاتها السياسية وليس دورها الوظيفي. ولفتت الى "ان المسؤولين كذبوا على المغتربين الذين يحملون الجنسية اللبنانية مرتين، مرة بتأجيل حقهم في الاقتراع في اماكن اغترابهم الى دورة سنة 2013، ومرة باقفال النافذة الصغيرة المتعلقة بجواز السفر الاحمر".

The underscored statement is really pathetic. For history sake, after the parliament session on new election law that included clause for the right of diaspora to vote in their country of residence, an MP not with C&R block comes out and declare that ONLY 21 MPs vote for the voting right of diaspora, the rest DID NOT.hmm, who are the REST? is 14 Marchers part of the REST? Man, indeed the following apply on 14 febers "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."
As for renewing passport, i did renew mine and no one at the embassy ask me for my political affiliation!!! I do not know about others, so i can't comment on their complains in that arena!

[TonyFPM]

Fawzi salloukh issued a statement to answer those accusations, don't have the details but he refused these allegations.

[hannaalsayssa]

lies nothing but lies
these idiots are not getting the resonce they thought they will get
there will be no huge rush in jun 9 it seems

lollllllllllllllllllllllllll, i know from here, they r frustrated .....i gather that less than 300 will agree to come by now????????? with them..
while we could galvanize about the same number to travel..and in critical kazas too.

[Makiabel]

مسؤول لجنة الانتشار وأمين سر الهيئة المركزية زارا هيئة التيار في مدينة ويندسور - كندا

في إطار جولتهما على هيئات التيار الوطني الحر في كندا- كولكو، قام مسؤول لجنة الانتشار في التيار الدكتور طارق صادق وأمين سر الهيئة المركزية في التيار الإستاذ طوني مخيبر يرافقهما المنسق العام لكولكو المهندس روبير حنا بزيارة هيئة التيار الوطني الحر في مدينة ويندسور للإطلاع على النشاطات التي يقومون بها .

واستقبل الزائران بحفاوة وكان لهما لقاء مطول مع جميع أعضاء هذه الهيئة أجابا فيه على كل أسئلتهم واستفساراتهم في شأن بعض الأمور والقضايا التنظيمية والسياسية والإعلامية والإجتماعية ثم كان لهما لقاء مع مندوب جريدة صدى المشرق في ويندسور.

وشكر الأعضاء في هيئة ويندسور لصادق ومخيبر زيارتهما وتمنوا عليها أن تكرارها، وعاهدوهما العمل يدا واحدة وقلبا واحدا تحت راية التيار الوطني الحر وبإرشادات الجنرال ميشال عون وحملوهما تحياتهم ومحبتهم إلى جميع الرفاق في الوطن الحبيب لبنان

Source:Tayyar.org

[mickey117]

70% of Miziara's population resides in Nigeria, they can really affect the result if they go the other way! My aunt's husband is there and he is trying to convince all FPMers and Marada to come and vote, plus one of the multi-millionaires there who is with Sleiman is proposing to pay for a part of the ticket...