Report: Hizbullah Will not Back Down on Aoun's Nomination
Hizbullah will continue to support the candidacy of MP Michel Aoun for the post of presidency, despite reports claiming that the party implicitly prefers Marada chief MP Suleiman Franjieh, the Kuwaiti al-Anba daily reported on Thursday.
“Anyone who believes that Hizbullah's backing of Aoun is only a tactic or an act of courtesy is mistaken,” a March 14 official told the daily on condition of anonymity.
“Contrary to the perception that prevailed lately that Hizbullah implicitly prefers Franjieh over Aoun, the real and radical option of the party at the level of the presidency is Aoun,” added the source.
“Aoun has been able to provide a wide Christian support for the party since 2005 which was classified as impossible before that,” he concluded.
Former Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Michel Aoun is a presidential candidate and member of the March 8 camp along with Franjieh who emerged as a presidential candidate as part of an initiative launched by Mustaqbal Movement leader MP Saad Hariri aimed at ending the political deadlock in Lebanon.
Franjieh's nomination alongside Aoun has drawn speculation of differences between the two officials.
Franjieh's potential nomination has also been met with reservations from the Kataeb Party and Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces.
Lebanon has been witnessing a presidential vacuum since the term of President Michel Suleiman ended in May 2014.
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M.T.
over 9 years
They know he will never be elected.....
over 9 years
Funny how they "won't back down on him" yet they're boycotting instead of going to Parliament and voting for Aoun...
over 9 years
Ebola has become an enemy destroying Lebanon.
over 9 years
lol exactly! If they back him so much they would go and vote him in as president in parliament. The reality is hezbollah is an iranian tool that backs void and vacuum in the presidency. Merry Christmas
over 9 years
But FMP MPs are not attending the sessions to vote for Aoun either, because they think he will lose.
over 9 years
Ebola is embarrassed because despite what this article says, Frangieh would actually be Ebola's first choice , but they cannot afford to vouch for Frangieh, this would cost them to lose FPM's seats and voices (which they cannot afford). That would mean that they cannot elect Frangieh without FPM's voices, and they could not run things even if Frangieh got elected, without FPM's voices. Ebola, prefers void rather than electing Aoun President... he would be too unpredictable for them.
over 9 years
@ysurais,
We need a new janitor in my building, I can offer this position to Bassil.
over 9 years
Translation: Hezbollah will continue to keep the Lebanese Government paralyzed for the foreseeable future.
They are manipulating him till the last drop.