Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: Kataeb Party leader MP Sami Gemayel Monday urged the two rival March 8 candidates, MPs Michel Aoun and Sleiman Frangieh, to fight it out during next month’s Parliament session to elect a president as a means of ending the 20-month-long vacuum. Meanwhile, senior officials of the Future Movement and Hezbollah met Monday… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: Next month’s Parliament session to elect a president is doomed to fail over lack of a quorum like the previous 34, Speaker Nabih Berri said Sunday, casting gloom over rival initiatives backing candidates from the Hezbollah-led March 8 coalition for the country’s top Christian post. “The Feb. 8 session to elect a… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: Hezbollah holds the key to the presidential election if it is really serious about supporting MP Michel Aoun’s candidacy, Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea said Wednesday. Geagea said the moment of the truth has come for the Hezbollah-led March 8 coalition to translate their declared support for Aoun’s presidential bid into action.… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and MP Walid Jumblatt are firm in their support for MP Sleiman Frangieh’s candidacy, senior political sources said Tuesday, dealing a setback to MP Michel Aoun’s presidential chances and ruling out an imminent Parliament electoral session. “Berri, Hariri and Jumblatt are committed to… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea Monday backed his rival MP Michel Aoun for the presidency, in a surprise about-face that could either help end the 20-month-long presidential deadlock, or lead to a realignment of forces on both sides of the political divide, further delaying a solution. Geagea’s endorsement of Aoun’s candidacy is… اقرأ المزيد
Hussein Dakroub| BEIRUT: The fate of a Cabinet session set for Thursday hung in the balance Wednesday as ministers of the Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah have yet to decide whether to attend the meeting, whose agenda did not include military and security appointments, a key demand of the FPM. “We have not yet decided… اقرأ المزيد