Mustaqbal Delegation Holds Talks with Hariri

Delegations from al-Mustaqbal movement tackled with leader Saad Hariri the relations of the party with other political movements mainly the Free Patriotic Movement and the latest campaign the latter waged against them, al-Joumhouria daily said on Tuesday.

Discussions focused on the situation in the northern city of Tripoli in the presence of Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi, MPs Mohammed Kabbara and Ahmad Fatfat, the party's Coordinator in Tripoli Moustafa Alloush and a number of the city's officials, the daily added.

They agreed on a number of political, partisan and administrative measures that will be implemented in Tripoli, it added.

Reports said that another delegation led by head of he Mustaqbal bloc MP Fouad Saniora, Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq and MP Samir al-Jisr are also planning to head to Jeddah in the next 24 hours.

On the other hand, al-Anbaa daily said: “The meeting with the delegation did not emerge all of a sudden but was scheduled before hand and al-Mashnouq, who was subject to political campaigns by Tripoli's religious clerics against the backdrop of the latest incidents in Roumieh prison, is scheduled to attend.”

Several Roumieh Prison guards were arrested after online video clips made the rounds on social media, showing several of them beating the prisoners.

Sources to al-Anbaa did not rule out the possibility that discussions will focus on the campaigns waged by the FPM's leader MP Michel Aoun against the party. They will agree on how to respond to the accusations but maintaining calm political and media rhetoric.

Reports have said that the FPM has accused al-Mustaqbal of “monopolizing the authority and refusing to have relations with the Christians as partners.”

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