Bassil urges consensus on 'reformist, sovereign and patriotic president'

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil told a delegation from the National Moderation bloc that there is a need for “consensus on a reformist, sovereign and patriotic president.”

“If that is not possible, democratic competition through voting remains much better than vacuum,” Bassil added.

“There should be guarantees that the electoral session will take place through the commitment of the participating parties via a written paper that clarified all the agreed points, while the priority should be for the participants’ consensus on a single candidate during a specific period of three days for example. Should that not be possible, there should be successive electoral sessions and rounds for three days during a given week,” Bassil went on to say.

“If any candidate fails to garner 65 votes during these rounds, we have given ideas to guarantee that that would happen during the subsequent week,” the FPM chief added.