Bassil, Kanaan Hold Talks with Geagea in Maarab
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil held talks Sunday in Maarab with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.
Bassil was accompanied by MP Ibrahim Kanaan, the secretary of FPM's Change and Reform parliamentary bloc.
The talks tackled “several key issues, including the municipal polls, Christian rights, the stances on the legislative session that Speaker (Nabih) Berri will call for and its agenda, in addition to boosting FPM-LF coordination and cooperation over the main issues in the country,” FPM-affiliated OTV reported.
After the three-hour meeting, Bassil told reporters that the lengthy talks were "fruitful."
Lebanon has been without a president since the term of Michel Suleiman ended in May 2014 and the FPM, Hizbullah and some of their allies have been boycotting the electoral sessions.
Al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri launched late in 2015 a proposal to nominate Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh for the presidency but his suggestion was rejected by the country's main Christian parties as well as Hizbullah.
In January, Geagea announced his support for FPM founder MP Michel Aoun's presidential bid after the LF and the FPM signed a landmark rapprochement agreement described as a “declaration of intent.”
Hizbullah and the FPM, as well as March 14's Lebanese Forces, have argued that Aoun is more eligible than Franjieh to become president given the size of his parliamentary bloc and his bigger influence in the Christian community.
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