Results yielded Doctors Syndicate elections In Beirut, the candidate of the Shiite duo and the Free Patriotic Movement, Youssef Bakhash, won the position of the Lebanese Doctors Syndicate in Beirut, with an average of 750 votes. a voice. He participated in the election of the captain 1246 doctors.
The results also resulted in the “My Syndicate of My Immunity” list, backed by Hezbollah, the Amal Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement, winning a majority of members. Guild Council It holds 13 seats.
The “The Syndicate Rising Up” list managed to win two seats and one seat in the retirement fund, and the “Independent Syndicate for Change – Doctor First” list, supported by the Lebanese Forces parties, the Phalanges, the March 14 Forces and the White Shirts, won one seat, which was won by Ghinwa al-Daqduqi with the highest number of votes among all candidates. In the first round, the “My Syndicate is My Immunity” list won the four seats in the Insurance and Relief Fund, and two seats in the Pension Fund, and the Shiite and Aounist duo won two seats in the Disciplinary Council.
The polling process began on Sunday morning, amid a calm atmosphere in which some people resented the poor organization, which led to doctors waiting in long queues, as well as some questioning the integrity of the electoral process. 2450 doctors participated in the poll.
In a television statement, the former head of the Beirut Doctors Syndicate, Sharaf Abu Sharaf, said: “We have been surrounded by misery, and Lebanon is ill in intensive care, and there is no treatment outside the framework of a free and independent state, and there is no hope except by applying the law, with knowledge, awareness, competence and morals, and with a pure patriotic education far from the axes “.
The Director of Medical Care at the Ministry of Public Health overseeing the Beirut elections, Joseph El-Helou, noted, in connection with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, “the calm and democratic elections, which witnessed a noticeable influx of doctors during the followingnoon. We were expecting greater participation. The priority is to serve the rights of doctors, and support The survival of the medical staff and the nursing staff following the high immigration rates.”
The calm atmosphere withdrew over the Tripoli (North) Syndicate elections, with three lists competing outside the political lineups, at least indirectly. However, the volume of participation did not exceed 486 doctors, while 433 doctors participated in the election of the captain.
The candidate of the “Syndicate for All” list, Muhammad Nadim Safi, won the captain’s position, which is supported by the independents, the Islamic Group and the “Future Movement”, by six votes over Wassim Darwish, the candidate of the “Syndicate for Change” list, which is supported by the Dignity Movement and the Lebanese Communist Party.
Safi and Darwish won membership in the syndicate’s council, along with Ahmed Al-Bush, while Abboud Zreika, Jamil Al-Nashar and Tariq Kassab won membership in the retirement fund. The members of the Disciplinary Council, Tariq Qassab and Nasser Al-Asaad, succeeded by acclamation, as well as the superintendent of the Pension Fund, Elie Habib, as chairman, and Yahya Saleh and Beshara Al-Shami as assistant members.
The doctor of obstetrics and gynecology, Vladimir Youssef, told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that “the competing lists were not linked to the authority or politicians, but the battle was limited to electoral programs. The lists took change as a slogan, but one of them was the least representative of change, as its candidates They are known for their partisan affiliations.
Youssef praised the “good atmosphere and the good relationship that brings together doctors,” stressing that “our priority is to preserve our pension funds and salaries, as well as to confront the problem of doctors’ emigration due to the loss of their rights and their loss of hope for a decent life. This portends a crisis following we lost a large number of people.” From the specialties, we lose anesthesiologists, gynecologists, pediatric resuscitators and others without whom the work of hospitals would not be possible.”
