Report: Hariri, Franjieh Met again over Presidential Initiative
Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh have held a second meeting to discuss the Mustaqbal Movement leader's controversial presidential initiative, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Monday.
The daily said that the meeting took place last week “to discuss the developments on Hariri's attempt to back Franjieh for the presidency.”
The talks between the two officials took place in Europe, said the report despite the denial of top Marada and Mustaqbal sources that Hariri and Franjieh met.
The first meeting between them was held in November after which it was revealed that the former PM backed the Marada leader for the presidency.
Lebanon's top Christian post has been vacant since May 2014 when President Michel Suleiman's six-year term ended.
Hariri's backing of Franjieh in an attempt to end the vacuum at Baabda Palace has been criticized by the Free Patriotic Movement, the Lebanese Forces and the Kataeb Party - three main Christian parties.
Both the FPM and the LF have candidacies for the presidency.
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