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Sidon, Chouf sign up for Lahoud resignation
 Hundreds of Sidon citizens signed the March 14 forces' petition Thursday calling for the resignation of President Emile Lahoud, as Public Prosecutor Magistrate Said Mirza prohibited the petition organizers of placing the petition board in the courtyard of the Judicial Palace in Beirut to be signed. A statement issued Thursday by the National News Agency said "Mirza, in cooperation with the president of the Beirut Bar Association Butros Doumit, prevented the organizers of the petition from setting up a bureau in front of the Judicial Palace, which is a public institution." The statement also said Mirza "prevented photographers from entering the palace, while the organizers chanted the national hymn in the square before heading to the Lawyers' House."The petition campaign launched Sunday by the forces of March 14 demanding that Lahoud step down moved to Sidon's Martyrs' Square, where a petition board was erected next to pictures of late former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and his son, MP Saad Hariri. After adding her name to the petition, citizen Fatima Sayyad said: "I signed this petition to save Lebanon from this tyrant Emile Lahoud ... Signing the petition is part of the solution we hope to reach ... because we want a president who can feel the sufferings of the people." Posted by: Fred 2006-03-03 |
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