Report: Mustaqbal and FPM Deny Signing 'Paper of Agreement'
Mustaqbal MP Ammar Hour denied media reports on Saturday, alleging that a “concealed agreement” has been reached between chief of the party ex-PM Saad Hariri, and MP Michel Aoun that might see the latter become president of the republic, media reports said.
“News circulating in some media outlets about a secret agreement between Hariri and Aoun are totally untrue,” said Houri.
“We emphasize that these reports are mere political visions that only aim to sabotage the consultations that Hariri is carrying out,” he added.
On the other hand, Rabieh sources of Aoun said that an initial agreement on a number of issues has been reached between the two men, but a written agreement was not made.
However sources of the March 8 camp said that Aoun and Hariri have agreed on several points that include the appointment of a new Army Commander preferably a non-provocative figure for the Resistance.
However they did not mention any names.
They also agreed, according to the March 8 sources, not to address the issue of Hizbullah's arms because it is already an item of discussion on the national dialogue table.
Appointing a new Central Bank governor is among the undeclared agreement between the two men, according to the sources.
The understanding is said to touch on the ministerial statement which called for an agreement to adopt the same statement as that of the government of Prime Minister Tammam Salam.
Hariri's recent return to Lebanon has triggered a flurry of rumors and media reports about a possible presidential settlement and the possibility that the former premier has finally decided to endorse Aoun for the presidency in a bid to break the deadlock.
Lebanon has been without a president since the term of Michel Suleiman ended in May 2014 and Hizbullah, MP Michel Aoun's Change and Reform bloc and some of their allies have been boycotting the parliament's electoral sessions, stripping them of the needed quorum.
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