Daily Star: MPs' claim being pressured to vote for Lahoud

The Lebanese Daily Star reported that "Terje Roed-Larsen, the UN special envoy for the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1559, said the UN is examining a petition signed by former and present MPs who claimed they were pressured to support the 2004 extension of President Emile Lahoud's mandate."

The Daily Star added "Larsen said UN Secretary General Kofi Annan had informed the Security Council that there was a general feeling in Lebanon that 'the election (of Lahoud) was implemented with the direct interference of Syria.'"