Only 3 women winners out of 58 nominees in the first phase of the FPM elections

Following the recent news posted on our portal concerning the internal elections of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) last July 30th based on the names published in As Safir edition of June 27, ( http://bit.ly/2aQhMoG), the results of the first phase of elections seem not very promising in terms of women representation. In this respect, only 3 women out of 58 candidates won (i.e. 5%), and these are: Nadine Tohmeh (for Baabda), Rindala Jabbur (West Beqaa) who won by acclamation, and Katia Kiwan (Shuf). Following the first phase, the names of the successful candidates will be screened through a public survey. The survey is expected to help in measuring the popularity and eligibility of every potential nominee in his/her electoral constituency, leading to the exclusion of the surplus candidates, after considering the number of seats in each electoral circumscription. 

(As Safir, August 3, 2016)