Bassil threatens to change his mind on running for president
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has hinted that he might change his mind and join the presidency race, as he lashed out at Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea without naming him.
"Enough with the challenges and bravados. Someone wants to impose a challenge president and he wasn't even able to secure the election of a secretary. Why is he challenging? Let him at least bring the dollar exchange rate down as he had promised. Can't he see that it's going up?" Bassil said at a mass commemorating the "October 13 martyrs", apparently referring to Geagea.
"We could've awaited vacuum and circumstances that are in our interest to come, because they are coming, but we thought about the country and the people and offered the biggest concession by not running yet for president, in order not to embarrass anyone or complicate the issue," Bassil added.
"We are facilitating, but not in order for anyone to underestimate or disregard us. Beware, we might change our mind!" he warned.
He also reiterated that the FPM "will not accept a president who doesn't have popular and parliamentary representation or who is not backed by a parliamentary bloc that is influential at the popular level, specifically in the Christian community."
"We reject that the president be appointed by foreign forces," he added.
Source: Naharnet
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