Geagea Travels on Work Trip Including Saudi Arabia, France
Lebanese Forces leader and presidential hopeful Samir Geagea traveled on Friday on a work trip, the party said in a press release.
Geagea's destination wasn't formally revealed but sources close to LF told LBCI that the Christian leader traveled on an Arab and European tour.
The sources said that the visit was planned around a week ago and includes France and Saudi Arabia.
Deputy LF leader MP George Adwan told MTV that Geagea will not discuss during his tour the identity of the upcoming head of state.
He pointed out that Geagea's visit could include contacts with allies and Lebanese officials to facilitate the presidential polls.
“The president should be made in Lebanon,” Adwan added.
On Thursday, Geagea held the March 8 Christians responsible for the delay in electing a new president after Thursday's parliamentary session faced the similar fate of its predecessor.
The first presidential elections session was held on April 23, but neither Geagea nor Democratic Gathering MP Henri Helou garnered the necessary 86 votes to emerge victorious.
Two other sessions were supposed to be held, but they failed over lack of quorum after a March 8 camp boycott on the ongoing disagreement over a candidate.
By law, if no president has been chosen by the last 10 days of the incumbent's mandate, parliament cannot meet for legislative sessions except to elect a new president.
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