Geagea to avoid 'provoking' Hezbollah, opposition nominee to emerge soon

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has reversed his stance on choosing a “confrontational candidate” and has accepted to endorse “a consensual candidate who wouldn’t provoke Hezbollah in particular,” a media report said.

The LF believes that it has offered “a major concession in this regard, because its aim is to present a candidate in the face of Franjieh within a few weeks,” informed sources told al-Akhbar newspaper in remarks published Friday.

Moreover, the sources said that imminent results can be expected from the opposition’s deliberations and that a “serious candidate” will emerge soon.

The opposition is seeking “an agreement on a paper carrying the platform of the supposed candidate” and there are “names who are ready and appropriate for this role,” the sources added.