March 8 Camp Gearing Up to Discuss Presidential Elections
The March 8 coalition is set to launch discussions over the upcoming presidential elections to coordinate the stances of the parties affiliated in the alliance.
According to al-Akhbar newspaper published on Thursday, Hizbullah is preparing for a meeting for the party's secretary-general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, AMAL movement chief Speaker Nabih Berri, and leader of the Free Patriotic Movement MP Michel Aoun.
The newspaper said that the meeting aims at mulling their stances over the presidency polls and to agree on their candidate.
President Michel Suleiman's six-year term ends in May but the Constitution states that the parliament should choose a new head of state within a two-month period, which started on March 25.
Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea was the first to announce last week that he will run for the presidency.
Lebanese media have in recent weeks identified other presidential hopefuls as Kataeb party leader and ex-president Amin Gemayel, MPs Boutros Harb and Robert Ghanem, who are like Geagea members of the March 14 anti-Syria movement.
Other potential candidates are Hizbullah allies Aoun and Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh.
Lebanese presidents are always chosen from the Christian Maronite community.
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Source: Agence France Presse
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