Report: FPM Prepares Celebrations after Aoun's Election
In line with the preparations at the presidential palace to receive a new president, and in parallel with the logistical preparations for the parliamentary session set to elect a new head of state, the Free Patriotic Movement is also putting the final touches on the festivities it plans to hold after the election session scheduled on Monday that is foreseen to elect founder of the FPM MP Michel Aoun.
FPM sources told al-Joumhouria daily on Thursday that it was considering the organization of a celebration at 9:00 pm Monday either in Martyrs Square in Down Town Beirut or in the Marina in Dbayeh so that people can express their joy for the election.
Change and Reform bloc chief Aoun is tipped to become president during a parliamentary session scheduled on Monday.
“Celebrations will be held in different regions for the same purpose, and a unified picture of Aoun will be distributed,” they said.
The sources remarked that a massive march is organized to take place on October 6 to the Baabda Presidential Palace and that only Lebanese flags will be carried.
Lebanon has been without a president since the term of Michel Suleiman ended in May 2014 and Hizbullah, Aoun's Change and Reform bloc and some of their allies have been boycotting the parliament's electoral sessions, stripping them of the needed quorum.
Hariri had launched an initiative in late 2015 to nominate Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh for the presidency but his proposal was met with reservations from the country's main Christian parties as well as Hizbullah.
The supporters of Aoun's nomination have argued that he is more eligible than Franjieh to become president due to the size of his parliamentary bloc and his bigger influence in the Christian community.
Source: Naharnet
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