Opposition to hold talks prior to giving answer to Le Drian
The opposition camp will hold consultations prior to giving a final answer to French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian regarding his proposal for holding dialogue in September over the new president’s qualifications, Kataeb Party chief Sami Gemayel said.
“The consultations will take place today or tomorrow and we will have a unified answer,” Gemayel told Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath television.
“If Hezbollah has the intention to meet the other camp halfway, it must withdraw its candidate and meet us for dialogue,” Gemayel added.
“What concerns is that dialogue should not turn into a mechanism to impose Hezbollah’s will on the rest of the Lebanese,” the Kataeb chief went on to say.
Le Drian has proposed an idea backed by the five nations that had recently met in Doha, under which he would return in September to launch a dialogue over the next president’s program. The parties would then agree on the candidates who are eligible to implement the program after which they would hold successive parliamentary sessions to elect a president.
Source: Naharnet
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