FPM fails to convince PSP and Moderation bloc to unify presidential efforts

The Free Patriotic Movement’s leadership has so far failed to convince the Progressive Socialist Party and the National Moderation Bloc to “form a centrist force that would exert pressure in the presidential file,” a media report said.

“FPM chief MP Jebran Bassil believes that unifying the initiatives and efforts of the three parties would change the current presidential situation,” Asharq al-Awsat newspaper has reported.

An FPM parliamentary source meanwhile told the daily that the idea of forming such a parliamentary force was born “after all the initiatives that were circulated over the past months reached a certain point after which they failed to make any progress.”

“The PSP and Moderation are open to bilateral and not trilateral meetings and so far they have not endorsed the idea of creating a pressing force or an alliance in the presidential file,” the source added.