Report: Hizbullah Tells Mustaqbal that Aoun Will Remain its Sole Presidential Nominee
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Hizbullah has voiced its commitment to Change and Reform bloc chief MP Michel Aoun as the presidential candidate of the March 8 coalition, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Wednesday.
This stance was relayed to the Mustaqbal Movement during the latest round of dialogue held between it and the party on Monday.
Hizbullah informed the movement that Aoun will remain “its sole presidential candidate.”
This stance will remain the same regardless of the setting, whether it is at the dialogue table or at a social or political meeting, said the daily.
“Anyone who believes that they can approach Aoun with a different proposal are mistaken,” said the party according to al-Joumhouria.
The MP will remain its presidential candidate as long as his nomination still stands, it added.
Media reports on Tuesday said that the Mustaqbal Movement had informed Hizbullah during their dialogue meeting of its adoption of the nomination of Marada chief MP Suleiman Franjieh as president.
There has been a flurry of political talks in the country that followed a Paris meeting between Franjieh and al-Mustaqbal Movement chief MP Saad Hariri. The meeting sparked intense speculation that the two leaders agreed to the nomination of the Marada chief for the presidency.
Aoun announced on Monday that it is up to the March 8 coalition to decide whether or not to nominate Franjieh for the presidency.
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D.A.
02 December 2015, 09:11
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The General of Generals is and will remain the shia's one and only candidate.... the rest pffft.
02 December 2015, 09:32
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..they continue to manipulate him until they get everything from him : blocking the institutions, destroying the constitution, removing the National Pact and creating void and chaos...
02 December 2015, 09:58
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"The MP will remain its presidential candidate as long as his nomination still stands, it added."
-- as long as it stands? Lol stands with who, Aoun? Obviously the senile rogue general wants to be president lol.
02 December 2015, 10:06
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“Anyone who believes that they can approach Aoun with a different proposal are mistaken,” said the party according to al-Joumhouria.
-- Lol if Aoun were really your candidate, you would have gone to parliament and voted for him. In reality you want no president so dysfunction continues and you remain above the state. Aoun meanwhile is boycotting because it's him or no one. So Aoun and Hezbollah pretend they're boycotting together when really they're boycotting for different reasons
02 December 2015, 10:14
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This game has gotten old. The politicians are acting like they're trying to make moves when in reality everyone wants to keep the status quo. Hezbollah wants no president, Aoun and Geagea want themselves, while Hariri is pushing Franjieh's name just to act like they're trying to compromise when in reality they know Hezbollah won't change their stance: no president. So the latest developments (or lack thereof) are a waste of time.
02 December 2015, 10:56
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Your "general of generals" is finished, liquidated, terminated...now you will have to follow his heir the imbassil...I wish you the best of luck!
02 December 2015, 11:43
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Mineral Aoun and his extremely corrupt son in law, Gebran Bassil, are the Donald Trumps of Lebanese politics. They are an embarrassing joke paid for by Iranian stooge Hassan Nasrallah!
