Interior Minister Bassam al-Mawlawi confirmed that the percentage of polling spread out “was good, and all people have the right to see the percentages, and the Lebanese Foreign Ministry should have informed public opinion about it, and I will try to make the voting percentages available to the media on Sunday, moment by moment.”
In an interview with MTV, he pointed out that “the total percentage of voting abroad amounted to 63.5 percent, which is good and distributed over all regions and countries, and the percentage in Arab countries is good with 44.75 percent, and the highest percentage was in Mount Lebanon II, i.e. Metn, followed by Kesrouan.” Byblos, then Beirut first and Beirut second with a percentage of 61.9 percent. He continued, “The circles with a Christian majority witnessed the greatest turnout for expatriation.”
Mawlawi encouraged Sunnis to “participate in the polls, as there are those who spoiled this state, the economy, and the basic decision in the hands of the citizens. Delaying the right to vote harms Lebanon. This issue is fixed in all constitutions, and Lebanon can no longer afford to wait, and “the country is still carrying.”
Molloy added: “There were objections to the way polling stations were distributed, and when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reviewed the matter, he said that the adoption of the postal code was circulated and that in Sydney there is a long distance between the city center and the polling stations, while the distribution in 2018 was according to families.”
He pointed out that “some registration for voting abroad may have taken place through electoral and party machines, and that is why there was confusion in some files.”
Molloy said: “The funds for holding the elections are there, and the money we wanted in Fresh Dollars, we used an exchange platform to secure it, and the DHL funding was done through the State Department, which allocated these amounts for the electoral process.”
He stressed that “the results will be proven in the servers, and there is nothing to do with electricity. If there is any malfunction in the Internet between the counting centers and the Interior Ministry, this does not affect the electoral process.”
He continued, “We inspected all polling stations and polling stations to secure electricity and energy sources, whether from generators, churches, or the interior. We identified the needs and secured advances for the governors for this issue, and assigned the State Security Service to follow up and secure the electricity file.”
Mawlawi said: “President Aoun is the one who refused to pass the issue of renewing expired passports to be used to vote in the elections in the last cabinet session.”