Raad: Some Candidacies Could Hamper Presidential Elections
Head of the Loyalty to Resistance bloc MP Mohammed Raad stated on Friday that some of the presidential candidacies could hamper the upcoming elections, pointing to the necessity of choosing a president who “preserves and defends the resistance’s choice.”
Raad also voiced hopes that the presidential elections are held on time.
“Some candidacies could hamper the elections,” he said in a memorial service held in south Lebanon's Humeen al-Fawqa village, reported the state-run National News Agency.
He added: "The country cannot bear any more conflicts.”
The Hizbullah MP stressed that the party wants a candidate who “preserves and defends the resistance's choice.”
“The new president must also be keen on the unity of the Lebanese.”
He stressed that “rejecting the resistance's choice to any other, threatens national sovereignty and places the country on the verge of the abyss."
Speaker Nabih Berri called on Wednesday for a parliamentary session to elect a new president on April 23.
President Michel Suleiman's six-year term ends on May 25.
Only Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea has officially announced his candidacy.
Geagea's presidential program focused on restoring the authority of the state against the proliferation of weapons during a time of regional unrest.
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