Sheikh Qassem receives EU delegation for monitoring parliamentary elections

 
Hizbollah Site Staff, 26-09-2009

Deputy Secretary-General of Hizbullah His Eminence Sheikh Naim Qassem, in the presence of international relations official in the party, Sayyed Ammar Moussawi received on Friday the delegation of the European Union Commission to monitor parliamentary elections, headed by European Parliament member Mr. Jose Ignacio Salafranca.

Salafranca praised the cooperation and efforts Hizbullah made to facilitate the electoral process, at the same time praising the position of the party and other opposition forces to accept election results.

Salafranca presented Sheikh Qassem the final report prepared by the Commission on the Lebanese parliamentary elections, which included abstracts and conclusions of the Commission in light of the facts and tracks the electoral process took. One of the main conclusions pointed out by the report is the need for future work to adopt a law based proportional representation, even if only gradually.

For his part, Sheikh Qassem thanked the Commission on its role, pointing out serious irregularities that marred the electoral process, foremost of which is the use of large amounts of money in bribery and vote buying, in addition to cases of fraud. His Eminence stressed that Hizbullah chose to accept the results because requirement has been and continues to be, to work toward the future and not indulge in the past which only results in stalling and uncertainty.

Sheikh Qassem stressed that Hizbullah always conducts itself from the position of concern, keen to remove all obstacles that hamper the rebuilding of the state and the formation of its institutions, including the government formation.