Hariri-Geagea Meeting Emphasizes Alliance in Municipal Elections

W460

Al-Mustaqbal Movement chief MP Saad Hariri met with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geaega where talks highlighted the necessity to elect a president and the need to unite efforts between the two parties in the upcoming municipal elections, Hariri's media office said on Monday.

The meeting took place late on Sunday in the Center House in the presence of Lebanese Forces media officer Melhem Riach and Hariri's adviser Ghattas Khoury.

The meeting was an occasion to reaffirm the alliance between Mustaqbal and the Lebanese Forces in the Beirut municipal elections, and to coordinate their efforts in other regions, the statement said.

The four-stage municipal elections will start in Beirut and Bekaa-al-Hermel districts on May 8, while the elections in Mount Lebanon will be held on May 15.

Elections in south Lebanon and Nabatieh are set for May 22 and north Lebanon and Akkar for May 29.

Discussions also highlighted the repercussions of the vacuum at the top state post on Lebanon's economic, political, and social levels. They emphasized that it affects Lebanon's immunity and capability to confront crises.

Ways to reactivate the March 14 alliance were also tackled.

Later during the day, LBCI quoted Hariri as saying: “Although there are some differences with Geagea, the strong relations between the LF and Mustaqbal will continue.”

At the regional level, Hariri and Geagea denounced the “war of extermination waged by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad on civilians in Aleppo and they considered it an epitome of terrorism,” concluded the statement.

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SourceNaharnet
Comments 2
Missing humble 02 May 2016, 12:24

M14 has become so weak....why are they so much afraid from Ebola???

Missing humble 02 May 2016, 18:40

I don't trust this Riachy for one Lira.