Qazzi Says Gemayel Suspended Candidacy Pending Results of Presidential Vote
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Labor Minister Sejaan Qazzi said that Kataeb leader Amin Gemayel has suspended his candidacy for the presidency pending the result of parliamentary sessions to elect a new head of state.
In remarks to the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah daily on Wednesday, Qazzi said: “Gemayel suspended his candidacy until he finds out the course that the election sessions would take.”
Parliament is scheduled to hold a third round of elections on Wednesday. But the session will face the same of its predecessors.
The March 8 alliance is boycotting the sessions over lack of consensus on a single candidate.
Qazzi, who is a Kataeb official, said that Gemayel's meetings with top officials come as part of his initiative to urge rival parties to overcome their differences and elect a new president by May 25.
Gemayel visited on Tuesday Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea, the March 14 alliance's only candidate for the presidency, in Maarab.
After the talks, the former president stressed the need to elect a president who would “fully reassure Christians and the Lebanese.”
He also urged the respect for the constitutional deadline for the election of a head of state.
Gemayel will not only meet with Maronite leaders, Qazzi said. His visits will include the different political leaderships that hold a sway in the elections.
The minister told al-Seyassah that March 14 officials met on Monday night to discuss the presidential crisis.
They agreed to find new ways to resolve it by coming up with a new mechanism to announce candidacies, he said.
07 May 2014, 08:09
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It does not matter who runs for the presidency, the sectarian terror party has its own agenda. They boycotted the first few rounds claiming Geagea has a past. If the angels run for president, Aoun and HA will not vote them in and will not attend. They will continue this primitive behavior until they force the process into regional hands and force a "settlement" candidate.
07 May 2014, 08:38
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1 min ago NNA: The army intelligence arrested two suspects after finding arms, rockets and ammunition in their vehicle in the north Bekaa town of Hrabta.
According to the fake sectarian mowaten, they were going on a hunting trip.
07 May 2014, 08:43
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lol @ eagle! you mean the crusher who just created one of many accounts just for joke and never posted simultaneously:))
07 May 2014, 09:10
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It is funny how momo tried to spin it saying he "announced" that he was morphing into CRUSHER... what did he say, it was for personal reasons :-))))) Maybe he wanted to better fit in with the other Heroic cartoon caricatures, FLAMETHROWER and THE_ROAR.
Have you notice that the M8 thumbs brigade has been missing in action, since CRUSHERS arrival?
07 May 2014, 08:54
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The Glorious militia has no intension on letting any President that is not under their control come to power. Nasrallah & his henchmen have made no secret about that, but that is easy to understand since they are a tool of the Ayatollah. What is unbelievable is that the FPM is helping them eliminate the Presidency all together. Aoun you coward... stand up and nominate yourself or nominate another candidate, don't just runaway from your responsibilities like you did last time.
Iranian Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi... "Iran’s line of defense now lies in South Lebanon"
