Bassil says would run for presidency if candidates are 'bad'

Free Patriotic Movement Jebran Bassil would run for presidency if he finds that the chosen candidate is "a bad president."

"I will not accept to have a bad president and in that case of course I would run," Jebran said in a press interview, as he reiterated that his party is trying to reach a solution and a consensual candidate who would be able to make reforms.

Bassil had previously said that he opposes that Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh becomes a president because he does not agree with him on the same political program regarding reforms and building the state.

In a leaked audio from Paris he said that electing Franjieh as a president would bring Lebanon back to the nineties.

"We will move from a Berri-Hariri-Hrawi troika to a Berri-Mikati-Franjieh troika," Bassil said, adding that even if all parties agree on Franjieh, "the FPM will say no."