Bahiya al-Hariri, Lebanese MP and sister of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, gestures as she greets a supporter during a campaign rally in Sidon, Lebanon April 22, 2018. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi
SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) - The last time Lebanon held a parliamentary election, Youssef Sanjar enjoyed a paid flight home from Saudi Arabia to vote for Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's party.
As an employee of the then thriving Saudi Oger construction company owned by the Hariri family, there was no question whom he would support. He helped with campaign logistics and his mother nagged neighbours in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon to make sure they voted.
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