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06/06/2009 A few hours ahead of the beginning of the "fateful" polls, an "electoral silence" prevailed in the country according to the electoral law...
However, the electoral silence was "broken" with a statement made by the Maronite Patriarch, a statement that was read by observers as a "violation" of the electoral law and somewhat an "attempt to influence" voters on the eve of the elections.
According to press reports, the elections' supervision committee wasn't "pleased" with Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir's statement and raised question marks over its "suspicious" timing. The Commission overseeing the elections was reportedly set to withhold Sfeir's statement and ban it from being broadcast in various forms of media.
However, the press reports said that interventions by March 14 forces prevented the commission from taking such resolution. But the commission issued a statement in which it reminded the media outlets of their duty to stop broadcasting any political position.
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