Bou Saab meets with Khazen, Franjieh and Tawk

The MPs of the Independent National Bloc -- Farid al-Khazen, Tony Franjieh and William Tawk – held a meeting Monday with MP Elias Bou Saab of the Free Patriotic Movement, who is running for the deputy parliament speaker post.

The meeting, on the eve of a parliamentary session to elect a speaker and a deputy speaker, was held at Khazen’s residence in Jounieh. It was also attended by ex-minister Youssef Saadeh of the Marada Movement.

The talks tackled “the latest developments in the local arena and the issue of the elections that will be held tomorrow in parliament,” the state-run National News Agency reported.

The conferees also agreed on “continuous cooperation among them,” NNA added.

The meeting was preceded by another between Khazen, Franjieh and Tawk in which they discussed how other “independent” MPs can join their bloc.