Tuesday, November 21, 2006

By the way, in the last parliamentary election of 2004, Pierre Gemayyel was going to lose his seat. The `Awn list was winning in the Northern Matn district with a landslide. But at the last minute, a deal was struck between Amin Gemayyel and Miche Al-Murri (who had aligned himself with `Awn) to allow one non-`Awn candidate (Pierre Gemayyel) to win one seat.