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It will be interesting to observe which MPs and which blocks will boycott the presidential elections and under which excuse. My bet is on the terror party's MPs, Berri, and some of the FPM.

the region needs settlement so the most wanted now a person who can inject morphine into our bstream ... i think jaja-aoun no for sure so a middle man who had a long history as gemayel have a big chance

Gemayel has more chances reaching the presidency then Gaga the fool and the murderer.

The best candidate would be Ziad Baroud anyway from all considered names we are hearing.

Why so ? Because they have several candidates ?

The end of M8 came long ago when they refuse to follow democratic processes and leaders only wanting to present their candidacy if they have no competition on the other side.

And there can be no end to M14.

M14 is bigger than it's politicians. M14 is the movement that kicked Syria out of Lebanon and politicians have nothing to do with it ! Even Aoun likes to remind people that he and his followers are M14.

Why not Sami Gemayel? He sure hails from a party that has accepted to offer many sacrifices for the nation, has paid in lives big time, and Sami is young, courageous and more in touch with the aspirations of our youth.

Behind Amin Gemayel is the picture of the one big hope we had for Lebanon, Pierre Gemayel junior. Di3anak ya Pierre, you left us too early, just like Bachir, your deaths have taken away from the Lebanese the hope we all had. I know this has little to do with this thread, but I just wanted to pay my respects and salutes to one of Lebanon's best contemporary hopes. Allah yer7amak ya Sheikh Pierre, rou7ak bil sama.

Last month if my memory serves me right, Italy elected a young new PM to lead the nation. Italy felt positive changes as soon as he swore allegiance to the nation, something that the older generation could not provide, vision, courage and in sync with our realities. Today the youthful Italian PM is giving Italy that much needed breath of fresh air, so why can't we Lebanese have that same courage and vision? We have a youth that does us proud, it has all the education and patriotism prerequisite that makes excellent leaders, why are we so hesitant? Why do we fall-back on leaders of old that now have nothing new to offer? Why the inertia, why? Must we wait till another big chunk of our youth leaves for other shores again? Or another round of violence accompanied by more economic downturns to start kick-starting our vision for a better leadership? If Italy could do it, so can we.

Phoenix1, having young presidents is all fine and dandy. But for Lebanon in its current state, I don't think so. Couple of questions:
1- would a young president be able to convince/force HA to give up its armed wing?
2- would a young president be able to force new dynamics in governance in the presence of the old guard?
3- would a young president with no international experience be able to stand up and face regional powers, especially Syria?