Report: Qahwaji's Chances of Becoming President Increase after Saudi Visit
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The chances of Army chief General Jean Qahwaji of becoming president have increased with his recent visit to Saudi Arabia, reported the Kuwaiti daily al-Seyassah on Sunday.
Arab diplomatic sources told the daily that his visit to the kingdom, where a number of French officials were present, to sign the Saudi grant to the Lebanese army “opened the last blocked doors to his election as president.”
“His chances have also been raised with the unprecedented campaign of praise laid upon him by Hizbullah and its secretary general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah,” they added.
They expected that the rival March 8 and 14 camps would reach an agreement over Qahwaji's election as soon as the army receives the first batch of the French grant in February or March 2015.
Saudi Arabia and France inked on Tuesday in Riyadh a deal to provide the Lebanese army with $3 billion worth of French weapons, with Riyadh footing the bill.
The deal, first announced in December, comes as the Lebanese army is battling gunmen and jihadists, including from the Islamic State group, in the north and along its northeastern border with war-torn Syria.
Qahwaji attended the signing ceremony at the Royal Palace in Riyadh after an almost 11-month delay.
Lebanon has been without a president since May when the term of Michel Suleiman ended.
Ongoing disputes between the March 8 and 14 camps over a compromise candidate have been thwarting the polls.
M.T.
09 November 2014, 11:46
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The caporal must certainly be having a nervous crisis: more Zoloft and Xanax...
09 November 2014, 12:53
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elections in Lebanon should be by the people the only way to get out of outside interferences and sterile political Lebanese debates
god bless democracy (power to the people )
09 November 2014, 13:52
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LOL ... Aon is going crazy now ... he is the only army general in 30 years who haven't reached the presidency ... la7 tiji el jalta!
On another note how would the army hold grounds against a growing enemy till Feb 2015? prayers, candles and more loss in brave men? we need immediate solutions.
09 November 2014, 15:41
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@tric.portugal
do you have any idea why I was repeatedly banned?>>>>>
09 November 2014, 15:58
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But I thought he was the head of the crusader army and.. no wait that's what the Hezbollah operative working under the false flag of the Sunni Baalbek brigades called him and the Lebanese Army. Like Michel Samaha the Hezbollah operative was trying to start Sunni-Christian strife.
09 November 2014, 16:39
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after proving his loyalty to hezbollah, hezobollah has accepted his nomination... and the one they always wanted and planned to vote for.. and to whom march 14 would become the nominee 3 months ago.
10 November 2014, 07:01
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I am so glad that the Saudi's have finally decided who can be the president of Lebanon.
4 Million Lebanese living in Lebanon could not elect a president, but a Saudi Schmuck comes over and decides the fate of 4 million people with one visit.
Time to leave this country and move on.
