On Tuesday, the new parliament proceeded with the elections of its committees, including but not limited to the Finance & Budget Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Women And Children Committee, Human Rights Committee, Youth & Sports Committee, and the Media & Communication Committee.
The voting for the Media & Communication Committee ended with the Opposition securing 3 seats, the FPM 3, Amal & Hezbollah 2, the Lebanese Forces (LF) 2, the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) 1, and Future Movement 1.
Ibrahim Al-Moussawi | Amal & Hezbollah |
Paula Yacoubian | Opposition |
Yassin Yassin | Opposition |
Marwan Hamadeh | Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) |
Firas Abu Hamdan | Opposition |
Nicola Sehnaoui | Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) |
Ghayath Yazbeck | Lebanese Forces (LF) |
Jimmy Jabbour | Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) |
Qabalan Qabalan | Amal & Hezbollah |
Saeed Asmar | Lebanese Forces (LF) |
Cesar Abi Khalil | Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) |
Mohamad Sleiman | Future Movement |
Here are the results of the election of the other committees voted today, with 4 remaining committees that will be voted “another day”, according to Parliament Speaker Berri:
- Finance & Budget Committee.
- Foreign Affairs Committee.
- Women & Children Committee.
- Human Rights Committee.
- Administration & Justice Committee.
- Youth and Sports Committee.
- National Defense, Interior & Municipalities Committee.
- Environment Committee.
- Agriculture And Tourism Committee
- Public Works, Transport, Energy, And Water Committee.
- National Economy, Trade, Industry & Planning.