Kataeb Delegation Meets Geagea: We Do Not Oppose Candidates, but their Presidential Platforms
A Kataeb Party delegation held talks on Saturday with Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea on the latest developments regarding the presidential elections and the potential nomination of Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh.
MP Salim al-Sayegh said after the meeting: “We do would not oppose a candidate, but a presidential platform.”
“It is too soon to comment on whether we will support Franjieh as a candidate,” he added.
“We believe in respecting the constitution and electing a president who believes in freedom, sovereignty, and independence,” he declared.
Moreover, he emphasized that the Kataeb and LF will coordinate their stances on the adoption of a new parliamentary electoral law.
“We reject the 1960s law and hope for the approval of a modern one that will ensure fair representation among the people, especially Christians,” Sayegh stated.
Franjieh has emerged as an unofficial presidential candidate in recent days in the wake of talks he had held last week with Mustaqbal Movement chief MP Saad Hariri.
There has been intense media speculation on whether he will be a presidential candidate, despite reservations expressed by the March 14 alliance over the issue due to the lawmaker's close ties to the Syrian regime.
Lebanon has been without a president since May 2014 when the term of Michel Suleiman ended without the election of a successor.
Ongoing disputes between the rival March 8 and 14 camps over a compromise candidate have thwarted the polls.
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