Al-Rahi to Hezbollah: No to a president who might stab you in back
The latest visit by a Hezbollah delegation to Bkirki was “very cordial and excellent” and the only political file that was tackled was the presidential crisis, informed sources said.
Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi was “direct in expressing concern over the failure to finalize this juncture, wondering why parliament wouldn’t convene in a single session, similarly to the pope’s election, in which dialogue would be held until an agreement over a president is reached,” the sources added, in remarks to al-Akhbar newspaper published Wednesday.
The delegation for its part said that it would support a dialogue that would lead to a “strong president,” because “the country needs a president enjoying legitimacy stemming from consensus on him from a significant majority.”
“Hezbollah is also keen, as its secretary-general has stressed, on securing the election of a president who would not stab the resistance (in the back),” the delegation reportedly told al-Rahi, prompting him to answer: “Mistaken are those who believe that such a president can be elected.”
The patriarch also told the delegation that he would agree to Suleiman Franjieh’s nomination, according to the sources, to which he was answered that “the Christian blocs are also required to reach an agreement in order to speed up the election.”
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