Gemayel: Opposition will cling to Mouawad if Hezbollah clings to Franjieh
Kataeb Party chief Sami Gemayel stressed Wednesday that it is important to speed up the election but not to surrender to Hezbollah's candidate.
"We will not give up," Gemayel said, adding that he will boycott any session that would elect Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh. "We will secure the blocking one-third in such an electoral session."
Gemayel considered that it is not acceptable that the opposition change its candidate, MP Michel Mouawad, while Hezbollah is clinging to its candidate.
"We would go to a session with two candidates who are acceptable to both parties but we will not secure quorum for Hezbollah's candidate," the lawmaker said.
Source: Naharnet
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