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Constitutional Council overturns election of Future MP Jamali of Tripoli
22-2-2019
The Constitutional Council invalidated yesterday the election of Future Movement MP, Dima Jamali, and ordered new parliamentary elections for the Tripoli Sunni seat within 2 months according to the majority voting system. This step follows the appeal filed by unsuccessful candidate Taha Naji (on Faisal Karami’s National Dignity electoral list), while noting that the decision was taken by the majority of 7 votes against 3. The Constitutional Council, to recall, has looked into 17 contested files in Beirut’s First and Second constituencies, Metn, Zahleh and Baalbaq-Hermel, but did not annul any of the elections results. The head of Islamic Charity association, MP Adnan Trabulsi, expressed his surprise by the decision of the Constitutional Council which did not rule in favour of Taha Naji. MP Karami described the decision as invalid, considering Naji had enough ballots to win the seat. For her part, MP Jamali stressed after meeting yesterday with prime minister Saad Hariri, that she respected the Council’s decision, revealing that Hariri asked her to run in the by-election, promising her support. On the subject, the head of Justicia Beirut Consult, lawyer Paul Morcus, rejected accusations against the Constitutional Council alleging political interference. The Council, he noted, after investigations, found that the result was flawed and incorrect, but that there was a razor-thin margin between the two competing lists which does not allow it to announce the winning of any of them. (Al Mustaqbal, An Nahar, Al Diyar, Al Akhbar, February 22, 2019)
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