Report: LF Says Alliance with FPM Unwavering

The alliance between the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces is working "very well", sources of the LF told An Nahar daily on Tuesday.

“Our alliance with the FPM is at its best although it is still tender. Efforts to shake it will go in vain,” unnamed sources told the daily.

“The municipal elections have many factors that overlap with each other. The battle in Jounieh was not a battle of the LF against the FPM. It was more that the FPM had a good understanding of the special relation between the LF and Nemat Efram. The LF also have a good understanding of the special relation between the FPM and Juan Hbeish,” said the sources.

“Anyone who believes that they (municipal elections) are steps that can shake the alliance is mistaken,” they added.

On the other hand, As Safir daily said that a meeting will be held between the two parties at the conclusion of the municipal elections to review the experience, pinpoint the weaknesses in the alliance, and try to improve the terms of the partnership in the forthcoming elections.

The LF and FPM made an electoral alliance in some towns during the Mount Lebanon municipal elections, which were held Sunday.

They backed rival lists in some districts, and it was clear that they were not united as their alliance fell apart in several towns.

D.A.

M.T.