Bou Saab meets al-rahi in presidential 'exploratory tour'
Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab met Tuesday with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in Bkerki, as he starts an "exploratory tour" to discuss the presidential crisis with Lebanese leaders.
"Our real problem is not the name of the president but that parties are not willing to communicate," Bou Saab answered a reporter in a press conference after the meeting, after he had said that he did not discuss with al-Rahi any names.
Bou Saab said that al-Rahi has hailed his initiative and hoped it would break the presidential impasse.
The Deputy Speaker later met with Tajaddod MPs Michel Mouawad and Fouad Makhzoumi.
He had met last week with Hezbollah MP Mohammed Raad and will meet today with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.
Meanwhile Bkerki sources told media outlets that Bkerki has no vetoes against anyone, including Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh and that a candidate, once elected, must forget the party he belongs to and become a president for all Lebanese.
The crisis is national and not Christian, the sources said, adding that parties must communicate inside Parliament during open-ended sessions to elect a president.
Source: Naharnet
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