Hizbullah Reiterates Support to Aoun for Presidency after Talks with al-Rahi
Hizbullah's politburo chief Sayyed Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed reiterated on Friday the party's support for Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun to reach the Baabda Palace after talks with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi, which focused on the latest developments in Lebanon and the region.
“Aoun is a competent person who is capable of playing a positive role if he was elected as a president and he can assume responsibilities amid the difficult situation” the country is passing through, al-Sayyed told reporters at Bkirki.
The delegation met with al-Rahi to extend its greetings to him on the occasion of Christmas.
Al-Sayyed revealed that talks with al-Rahi highlighted the presidential deadlock, saying: “The patriarch is sincere and wants to reach a happy ending regarding the presidential dead-end.”
Lebanon's presidential crisis has spilled over into parliament, which has failed to hold legislative sessions to elect a new head of state.
The Lebanese parliament is tasked by the constitution to select a president, a decision that has already been put off more than a dozen of times as the war in Syria continues to divide rival political blocs.
The term of President Michel Suleiman ended in May.
Hizbullah official said that the delegation also discussed with al-Rahi the latest developments in Lebanon and the region.
“Despite the conflicts in the region and its impact on Lebanon, especially regarding the takfiris, there will be a light at the end of the tunnel,” al-Sayyed remarked, adding that Hizbullah “considers that there's a political solution for the conflict in Syria.”
Asked about the dialogue with al-Mustaqbal Movement, the official described talks as “positive.”
“Al-Rahi is optimistic and valued the dialogue path and encouraged it.”
Al-Mustaqbal and Hizbullah held their first, long-awaited meeting in Ain al-Tineh on Tuesday evening under the auspices of Berri, in an attempt to devise a “roadmap” and a “mechanism” for the coming dialogue sessions between the two parties.
Al-Sayyed stressed that ties between the party and al-Rahi will never be broken “even if we have different points of view.”
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