(15 Oct 1998) T/I: 11:10:09


Lebanon's parliament on Thursday (15/10) elected General Emile Lahoud, a popular army commander, to be the country's next president. He also had the crucial backing of Syria, which is a major power broker in ebanon. An opposition block led by legislator Walid Jumblatt boycotted the vote, but the rest of parliament overwhelmingly supported Lahoud as Lebanon's first new president since the end of its 15-year civil war. Lahoud will replace President Elias Hrawi, who leaves office on November 24.

SHOWS:

BEIRUT, LEBANON, 15 OCTOBER 1998:
Wide shot of parliament
Various election observers in balcony
Wide pan of parliament floor
Various of Ministers of Parliament dropping votes in ballot box
Cameras in balcony
Various of votes being counted
Nabeeh Berri, Speaker of Parliament stating that Army General Emile Lahoud got all 118 votes
Wide shot members applauding
SOUNDBITE: (English) Walid Jumblatt, Opposition Minister of Parliament: "I don't like it, the military guy coming to the presidency, I don't like it, that's it. He might be excellent but I don't like it. We had a precedent a long time ago with Fouad Chehab so we don't want a new Chehabist to be implemented in Lebanon."
Medium shot of MP's in Parliament after vote clapping
SOUNDBITE: (English) Fares Boubiz, Lebanese Foreign Minister: "I think that the most important factor of this, in this election, is the very huge, the very important support of the Lebanese parliament to the person of General Emile Lahoud. This is one of the rare elections in the Lebanese political life which had such a degree of nearly total support."

BAADAT, LEBANON, OCTOBER 15, 1998
Street scenes,
Pullout from girl holding up poster of elected President Lahoud out car window and horns honking
Man releasing two white doves from bag
Men in street offering treats to people in cars to celebrate
Men driving by in car holding up drinks in toast
Man letting off spray from champagne bottle

BEIRUT, LEBANON, OCTOBER 15 1998
Various wide shots of Lahoud with commander of presidential brigade at military ceremony outside presidential palace
Outgoing president Elias Hrawi (grey hair on left) welcomes Lahoud to palace
Lahoud (left) and Hrawi (right) shake hands, pulls wide to show Lahoud, Hrawi and Speaker of Parliament Nabeeh Berri (far right) taking seats

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