Report: French Diplomatic Delegation Heads to Beirut to Discuss Presidential Elections
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
France is exerting efforts with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in order to highlight to Lebanese leaderships the dangers of failing to hold the presidential elections, reported the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa daily on Sunday.
It revealed that a French diplomatic delegation is expected to visit Lebanon soon in order to discuss with Christian leaders the upcoming elections.
It will stress the need to avoid having Christians become victims of the Sunni-Shiite conflict in the region.
It will explain that the new president should be elected through the Lebanese parliament as stipulated by the constitution.
The delegation will travel to Lebanon later in January.
Meanwhile, western diplomatic sources told al-Anbaa that the United States, Britain, and France, in cooperation with Russia and China, will pressure Lebanese powers in March to hold the presidential elections and avoid any vacuum.
The sources stated that the elections are more important than the formation of a new government.
President Michel Suleiman's six-year term ends in May.
There are growing fears that the ongoing dispute between the March 8 and 14 camps over the formation of a new government may result in the postponement of the elections.
12 January 2014, 15:43
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I don't fully understand the risks of a failure to elect a new President if that President is to become a Hezb puppet.
Enough pressures from outside to continue masking the realities inside.
12 January 2014, 19:09
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In theory, but not our legislative branch. What have they legislated lately? They legislated sectarianism, thuggery, open borders, poverty ....
12 January 2014, 22:02
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If God spares us the worst, then president Suleiman will be given a extension of his term for at least 3 years. I am no great fan of term extensions, but given the evil plans looming over Lebanon, plus the deep divisions prevailing between the Lebanese, and mashallah the great leaders we have around, the best thing that could happen during this bleak period of our history is to have a mature, clean, honest, and decent man whose solid principles are beyond all reproach. God willing when we Lebanese hopefully regain our consciences and presence of mind and spirit in due, then we could start talking of a clean slate, from A to Z.
