Report: Hizbullah Takes Action to Mend Rift between Allies
Hizbullah has initiated efforts to mend the rift that emerged recently between its two allies, the Free Patriotic Movement and the Marada Movement, and has therefore dispatched Wafik Safa, the person responsible for the Liaison Committee and coordination in the party, to Rabieh for talks with the FPM leader Jebran Bassil, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Wednesday.
The party began endeavors to contain the “aggravating” FPM-Marada tension, as well as to renovate the internal party's ranks and address its alliances mainly that the tension between the allies is threatening these coalitions with further rifts, added the daily.
The party launched contacts in the past few hours in Ain el-Tineh and Rabieh, and has therefore dispatched Safa who held a meeting with Bassil before the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc took place.
However, the atmospheres surrounding the meeting did not lead to positive outcomes and was clearly displayed in Bassil's escalating stance following the Bloc's meeting where he threatened to take to the streets.
“We are going through a political system crisis and a nation's crisis and we will use all political and popular means to rectify this abnormal situation,” Bassil had said on Tuesday.
Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh and Bassil were locked in a war of words early this week each accusing the other of obstructing the election of a president.
Franjieh himself is a candidate for the post while founder of the FPM MP Michel Aoun runs for the same post.
Source: Naharnet
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