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Independent Melhem Khalaf Beats Party-Backed Candidates To Head Beirut Bar Association

Marking the revolution’s 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.

Khalaf celebrated his victory at the lawyer’s tent in Martyr’s Square last night with other lawyers, protestors, and supporters.



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.

Khalaf also seems to be an environmentalist, which delighted us even more!




Here were some reactions to his big win: