Raad calls for agreement on 'most suitable president'

The head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, MP Mohammed Raad, on Friday called on the Lebanese parties to engage in dialogue to reach an agreement aimed at “picking the most suitable president for our country during this stage.”

“We want to preserve you and preserve everyone’s interests,” Raad added, addressing political rivals.

“They are telling us to drop our candidate before seeking an agreement. They do not want dialogue but they rather want us to give up our candidate. They want us to hear the names of their candidates and talk over the candidates that they are proposing. They later accuse us of rejecting dialogue and understanding,” Raad lamented.

Noting that the region is headed for “settling its situations” and ending the “hostile wars,” the Hezbollah lawmaker decried that “some in Lebanon are insisting on fragmenting the Lebanese stance” and “wasting a chance for the Lebanese to preserve their future, fix their affairs, preserve their interests and defend their country.”