Report: Geagea to Present Initiative to End Presidential Elections Deadlock
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea is expected to launch an initiative next week to end the deadlock over the presidential elections, reported the daily An Nahar on Sunday.
It said that his initiative will likely include “extending the hand to the March 8 alliance.”
It will also include holding a meeting of “powerful figures that restores the initiative to Bkirki”.
“Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi has so far been inquiring about the positions of various political parties ever since becoming victim of a media-political campaign over his recent visit to the Holy Land,” added An Nahar.
Five rounds of the presidential elections have been held so far.
Four of the rounds were not staged due to a lack of quorum at parliament caused by a boycott by March 8 MPs, namely those of the Hizbullah and Free Patriotic Movement blocs, over ongoing differences with the March 14 alliance over the elections.
The next round is scheduled for June 9.
It is expected to meet the fate of its predecessors given that the disputes between the rival parties have not been resolved.
| Copyright © 2012 Naharnet.com. All Rights Reserved. | https://naharnet.com/stories/en/134007 |