MP says all of FPM votes will go to Azour

MP Salim Aoun of the Free Patriotic Movement has said that the FPM has not officially endorsed Jihad Azour for the presidency in order to “secure the appropriate circumstances for his success.”

“He should not presented as a confrontation candidate,” Aoun added, in an interview with Radio All of Lebanon.

“If we get invited today to a session, all of the FPM’s votes will go to Azour and rumors that there are divisions among our ranks are baseless, but it is normal to have internal discussions,” Aoun said.

The lawmaker also expected the presidential vacuum to protract despite the current rapprochement with the opposition, throwing the ball in the Shiite Duo’s court and calling on it to “stop clinging to its candidate and allow discussions over another candidate.”

“If we have managed to reach an intersection with the Lebanese Forces, what prevents reaching rapprochement with the FPM’s ally Hezbollah?” Aoun wondered.