{"id":58939,"date":"2019-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/58939\/independent-melhem-khalaf-beats-party-backed-candidates-to-head-beirut-bar-association"},"modified":"2019-11-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T00:00:00","slug":"independent-melhem-khalaf-beats-party-backed-candidates-to-head-beirut-bar-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/58939\/independent-melhem-khalaf-beats-party-backed-candidates-to-head-beirut-bar-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Melhem Khalaf Beats Party-Backed Candidates To Head Beirut Bar Association"},"content":{"rendered":"Marking the revolution\u2019s first (hopefully of many) electoral victories, the independent candidate Melhem Khalaf was elected to head the Beirut Bar Association beating out all the political party-backed players. <br \/>  <br \/>  Khalaf celebrated his victory at the lawyer&#8217;s tent in Martyr\u2019s Square last night with other lawyers, protestors, and supporters. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MelhemKhalaf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MelhemKhalaf<\/a> celebrating his victory at lawyers\u2019 tent in Martyrs Square. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LebanonProtests?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LebanonProtests<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85_%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%81?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0644\u062d\u0645_\u062e\u0644\u0641<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pIltCHuGL1\">pic.twitter.com\/pIltCHuGL1<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Halim Shebaya (\u062d\u0644\u064a\u0645 \u0634\u0628\u064a\u0639\u0629) (@halimshebaya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/halimshebaya\/status\/1196138142438510592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Khalaf has previously served on the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination at the UN. We hope this is the start of a turning tide in Lebanese elections, where independent candidates can tilt the current scales that have proven to be ineffective for decades on end.  <br \/>  <br \/>  Khalaf also seems to be an environmentalist, which delighted us even more! <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">After running a paperless campaign, we made sure of cleaning other candidates leftovers&#8230; \u270c\ud83c\udffb\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\udde7\u2764\ufe0f @ \u0642\u0635\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u062f\u0644 \u0641\u064a \u0628\u064a\u0631\u0648\u062a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eULWXiaV5J\">https:\/\/t.co\/eULWXiaV5J<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Melhem Khalaf (@MelhemKhalaf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MelhemKhalaf\/status\/1196112114156523521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Here were some reactions to his big win:<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\udde7 Despite all the establishment\u2019s dirty tricks, Melhem Khalaf was elected Chairman of the Bar Association. I first met him when I was 14 years old. He was a young dynamic lawyer and had just founded OffreJoie in Kfifane. He is independent, honest, sincere, very passionate \ud83e\udd42\ud83c\udf7e\ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ljs16Bpy4Y\">pic.twitter.com\/ljs16Bpy4Y<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Karim Emile Bitar (@karimbitar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karimbitar\/status\/1196059178583961600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We finally start seeing the change in mentalities that the revolution has achieved! <br>The progress might be slow, but every little action towards ending sectarianism is counted a victory in the mean time. Congratulations to the independent candidate, Melhem khalaf! \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85_%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%81?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0644\u062d\u0645_\u062e\u0644\u0641<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Montaha Nattah (@MNottah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MNottah\/status\/1196068725285359616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Best gift for the 1 month birthday of our revolution \ud83e\udd70 Mabrouk melhem khalaf <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85_%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%81?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0645\u0644\u062d\u0645_\u062e\u0644\u0641<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B6?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646_\u064a\u0646\u062a\u0641\u0636<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Maha Majed Kain (@kain_maha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kain_maha\/status\/1196070069249425410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A clear and massive anti-party, anti-establishment, anti-business-as-usual, anti-steamroller vote. Lawyers want a more independent, more engaged, more vocal Bar Association firmly planted on the side of the rule of law. 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