The following are a selection of stories from Lebanese newspapers that may be of interest to Daily Star readers. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.
An-Nahar
Security authorities arrest southern suburbs’ informer
An-Nahar has learned that security agencies have arrested a Syrian man identified only by his family name Raad while he was headed to the Bekaa Valley border town of Arsal to receive money in return for monitoring a number of streets and passing information to his bosses.
During interrogation, Raad confessed that he was paid $300 for each piece of information and that he works with the so-called Abu Muhannad in Majdal Anjar.
Meanwhile, political sources told An-Nahar that Hezbollah had tied the election of Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun to its attendance of the next voting session.
Al-Akhbar
Approval of 1960 election law in return for Aoun’s election
Visitors of MP Michel Aoun told Al-Akhbar that Aoun was adamant on holding parliamentary elections and that he was seeking to amend the 1960 electoral law.
“But if they insist on the 1960 law, I want them to vow in return that they would elect the winner of the largest Christian bloc as president for Lebanon,” Aoun was quoted as saying.
Meanwhile, a senior official with the Free Patriotic Movement said Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai was scheming to prevent Aoun from reaching the presidency.
Al-Joumhouria
No communication regarding wage hike: Ghazi Youssef
“There are no political contacts ongoing regarding the salary scale,” MP Ghazi Youssef told Al-Joumhouria.
Youssef stressed that the sticking points were still centered on raising the VAT and amending the electricity tariffs.
Ad-Diyar
Contacts between Lebanese Forces, FPM ongoing
Contacts between the Lebanese Forces and the Free Patriotic Movement have been going on for a while despite the difficulty in reaching an agreement on a third presidential candidate, in addition to Michel Aoun and LF leader Samir Geagea.
Aoun rejects such a solution and insists he is eligible to run for president, a stance Rai conveyed to Geagea during their meeting Tuesday in Bkirki.
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