Report: Bou Habib promoting himself as presidential candidate
Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib promoted himself as a potential presidential candidate during his latest visit to Washington, telling several officials whom he met that there is a possibility to secure domestic consensus over his name should his candidacy receive U.S. support, a media report said on Thursday.
Bou Habib argued that “he was a former ambassador to the United States and enjoys Western and Arab relations that allow for boosting his presidential chances,” the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported.
“While it is still unknown whether Bou Habib’s move was a personal initiative from him to explore the U.S. stance or at the request of Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil,” sources close to the FPM told the daily that “so far, the FPM does not have any presidential candidate.”
The sources added that they know nothing about any “serious proposal” related to Bou Habib’s nomination.
05 January 2023, 16:42
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Enough of these clowns! Anyone with FPM next to his or her name belongs to the traitors that sold Lebanon to the Basij and took us to hell. FPM wasted/stole $50 billion on energy bribes and leaky dams while leaving country in darkness; degraded and impoverished Lebanese and Christians in particular; covered for Hizbollah occupation and crimes; destroyed institutions from education to justice healthcare and banking; and stole people lifetime savings. They should all be in prison not running for office. This clown in particular instead of getting billions like Turkey to help refugees, work on demarcating borders with Syria and closing illegal crossings, bring refugees from Israel was a total and complete failure. Enough inflated and disposable mediocrity and Useful Idiots at the service of the Basij.
