Qahwaji: Atmosphere in Lebanon Will Determine Nature of Next President
Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji stressed that the atmosphere pervading Lebanon will determine the identity of the country's new president, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.
He explained to his visitors that “should a military atmosphere pervade the country, then a military president will be elected.”
“Should an economic atmosphere come into play, then the new president would be economy-oriented,” he clarified.
Moreover, he predicted that the current instability in the region “will not be resolved any time soon and may extend some ten years.”
“The end is still not clear, but it is certain that we are in the middle of a military confrontation and a political one that the arm did not choose,” Qahwaji continued.
On the presidential elections, he told his visitors that he “would be the first to congratulate Free Patriot Movement leader MP Michel Aoun should he be elected president.”
Lebanon has been without a president since May when the term of Michel Suleiman ended without the election of a successor.
Ongoing disputes between the March 8 and 14 camps over a compromise candidate have so far thwarted the polls.
Aoun and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea are among the main candidates although the MP has not officially announced his candidacy.
Geagea has accused Aoun of obstructing the polls through having his parliamentary Change and Reform bloc boycott the electoral sessions, saying he is attempting to blackmail political factions into electing him.
M.T.
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