Geagea renews support for army chief’s possible presidential bid
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Saturday reiterated that the LF will support Army Commander General Joseph Aoun’s possible presidential nomination if “it turns out that his chances are high.”
“He has run the military institution in a good way and has improved it and acted as a real statesman at its head. And despite pressures from the most senior officials, he did not accept to prevent the army from performing its missions -- which are preserving the border and domestic security,” Geagea said in an interview with the al-Markazia news agency.
“I don’t know what General Aoun’s chances to reach the palace are and I hope they will be good chances, because the same as he succeeded in his minor role, he can also succeed in the major role,” the LF leader added.
“If it turns out that his chances are high, we will certainly support him,” Geagea went on to say.
As for his own nomination, Geagea said the possibility is still being studied by the LF as a party and by its parliamentary bloc.
Source: Naharnet
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