Raad admits Hezbollah has undeclared presidential candidate
The head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, MP Mohammed Raad, admitted Saturday that his party has an undeclared presidential candidate, in an apparent reference to Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh.
"We have proposed to all Lebanese to agree on the identity of the president who would befit this stage in the country, and we have rejected the presence of a candidate who would be provocative to anyone or any party, especially that the country does not bear that we challenge each other," Raad said.
"Some are insisting to use a substitute candidate until they agree on their real candidate, and meanwhile we have not revealed our candidate, but we have someone whom we want to become president, and we want to propose him to convince others of him," Raad added.
Moreover, the Hezbollah lawmaker called for "a president who would be open to everyone and can talk to everyone, without having a prior veto on him from others."
18 February 2023, 13:37
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Same president as the last 6 years and Lahoud. You belong to Iran not Lebanon.
18 February 2023, 15:08
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Having an undeclared presidential candidate is the very definition of obstructing the election of a president. So when this Neanderthal and his sewer dwelling boss accuse others of obstructions, they are engaging in the practice of Taqiyya. Technically that's lying with good intentions or to save a life, except with Hezballah and their Iranian masters, it's lying because they don't know any other form of discourse.
18 February 2023, 17:37
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In a true democracy, the selection of a president would involve a transparent and fair process, where all candidates are given an equal opportunity to present themselves to the public and compete for the position. The fact that a political party, in this case Hezbollah, has an undeclared candidate and is seeking to convince others of their choice, without disclosing the identity or qualifications of that candidate,suggests a lack of transparency and a disregard for democratic principles.
18 February 2023, 17:38
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Shiism, more broadly, can present challenges to the implementation of democratic principles, depending on how they are interpreted and applied. For example, the principle of Wilayat al-Faqih, which is central to the political ideology of Iran's Islamic Republic establishes the rule of a religious leader who is believed to have a divine mandate to govern the state. This principle is incompatible with the idea of democratic governance, which emphasizes the rule of law, popular sovereignty, and the separation of powers.
18 February 2023, 19:43
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Hezbollah, this time, will not impose their preferred candidate as they did 6 years ago with Michel Août. Times have changed and the Lebanese people, in their overwhelming majority, don't want to suffer the same disastrous experience as the past presidencies of Lahoud, Sleiman and Août.
19 February 2023, 14:02
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You continue to have nightmares daily about USA and Israel to convince the people about your lies, meanwhile 1- you signed a peace treaty, israel extracted gas to EU 2- Nasrallah barked many times at Israel that he will use Nitrate drones to attack their Nuclear kiryat shimona in returns they hit his source of Nitrate depot at Port Beirut similar to the daily attacks inside Damasucs where you meet with the iranians and obtain illegal arms inside the state 3- You can;t control parliament anynore like 2018/or before 4- Of course everyone including Shia want to be allied with the $ simply because w/o USA and its Dollars you live in Captagone/Drug dealing and can't survive (case in point the last Presidential era)
