FPM MP Says Hariri to Declare Support of Aoun's Nomination 'This Week'
Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri will announce his endorsement of the presidential bid of Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun “this week,” MP Alain Aoun of the FPM said on Monday.
“We knew that Hariri would return to Lebanon today,” Alain Aoun said in a TV interview.
Hariri returned Monday evening to Beirut from a foreign trip.
The ex-PM has been exploring the possibility of endorsing Aoun for several weeks now and on Sunday Education Minister Elias Bou Saab of the FPM announced that Hariri has officially decided to endorse Aoun's presidential bid.
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 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 presidential bid argue 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.
18 October 2016, 00:13
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Alain should've addressed berri and nasralla's stalling and obstructing that has been kicked up a notch since hariri began his latest push to elect a president.
18 October 2016, 01:14
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How could a senile 84 years of age lead a country as diverse as Lebanon ? Have you people gone insane ?
The General is a thief , he has enriched himself and his son in law at our expense . Wake up lebanon .
18 October 2016, 05:16
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The iranians did say they control 4 arab countries; Lebanon being one of them.
18 October 2016, 06:19
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PM Hariri and General Aoun are natural allies and in my opinion are the only two world leaders working for Lebanon's interests at the moment.
18 October 2016, 09:14
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The "general of generals" has been begging and kissing hands.
What about you the followers?
Will you now stop insulting PM Hariri and Saudi Arabia after you have been insulting them for 5 years on this blog???
Or will your hatred continue?
Or will you start insulting the Caporal who cheated you?
18 October 2016, 09:18
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For my part, I have nothing to change in my values and principles. From the first moment I wrote that the Caporal was a liar, corrupt, agent, coward, traitor and mentally ill....very ill.
These still apply because they are true.
18 October 2016, 09:31
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General n Hariri r the only two who can boost the country to rise again....let us face it they are the strongest who can make a change!!
