Report: Jumblat tells LF he won't back Mouawad indefinitely
Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has held discussions over the presidential file with MP Melhem Riachi, who was dispatched to Clemenceau by Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.
“Jumblat was clear that he would not continue to support (MP Michel) Mouawad’s nomination indefinitely, because he is convinced that a ‘challenge’ president cannot be elected despite the surge in votes supporting him,” informed sources told ad-Diyar newspaper in remarks published Friday.
“The phase that will follow the presidential vacuum needs a new approach,” Jumblat told Riachi, according to the daily.
He also told him that he would meet Speaker Nabih “Berri’s invitation to consultation and dialogue over a consensual president whenever he calls for that, something that is rejected by the LF,” ad-Diyar added.
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