FPM MP says 'now clear' that FPM not part of any alignment
"It has become clear that the Free Patriotic Movement is not taking part in any alignment," FPM MP Salim Aoun said Tuesday, in a tweet.
The tweet came after Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah openly named Suleiman Franjieh as its presidential candidate.
“The natural candidate that we back in the presidential elections and has the specifications that we take into consideration is minister Suleiman Franjieh,” Nasrallah said in a speech during a rally honoring the group's wounded fighters.
Nasrallah added that Hezbollah’s declared support for Franjieh does not mean that the party is “giving up the MoU with the FPM", stressing that Hezbollah is keen on the MoU and the friendship with the FPM.
The FPM opposes the election of Franjieh and its chief Jebran Bassil had said that the FPM will not endorse the presidential nomination of Franjieh, even if all other parties agree on him.
Source: Naharnet
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