Reports: Franjieh seeks votes as Hezbollah bets on Bassil stance
Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh has asked Hezbollah for a period of one more month in which he hopes to secure a sufficient number of votes for his election as president, informed sources told the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper.
A highly informed source meanwhile told the daily that Hezbollah is “betting on lenifying (Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran) Bassil’s stance on Franjieh’s election, based on a list of presidential, political and governmental incentives” to which the Marada chief would commit, accompanied by “guarantees” from Hezbollah.
“This was obvious between the lines of (Speaker Nabih) Berri’s latest stances in terms of the continued betting on a change in Bassil’s viewpoint on Franjieh’s election,” the source added.
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