Hariri Receives Phone Call from Aoun over Presidency
Mustaqbal movement chief Saad Hariri received a telephone call from Change and Reform bloc head MP Michel Aoun where he reiterated the need to attend the parliamentary session on Feb. 8 to elect a president.
“Hariri received the call from Aoun (founder of the Free Patriotic Movement). He welcomed the latest initiative between the FPM and the Lebanese Forces in Maarab,” Hariri's media office said.
“We welcome the reconciliation which we have repeatedly urged the LF and the FPM to take,” said Hariri.
Furthermore, the Mustaqbal chief pointed to his own initiative that he lately launched and that saw the nomination of Marada chief MP Suleiman Franjieh for the post.
He reiterated “the need to attend the parliamentary sessions to end the vacuum.”
In a different phone call, Hariri reassessed with Franjieh the latest developments and efforts aiming to reactivate the work of the state and its institutions.
Aoun's call came following his endorsement on Monday by LF chief Samir Geagea for the post.
His move came after Hariri clinched a deal with Franjieh late last year to back him for the presidency in return for Hariri to return to the Grand Serail.
Despite Geagea's support for Aoun, Hariri is sticking to his decision to back Franjieh.
Lebanon has been without a president since the term of President Michel Suleiman ended in May 2014.
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