BEIRUT: The March 14 coalition will have only one candidate for the presidential election, MP Strida Geagea, from the Lebanese Forces, said Monday following a meeting with Kataeb leader Amin Gemayel.
“The March 14 coalition will be united in facing constitutional deadlines; the presidential election is a primary deadline and we will confront the April 23 deadline with one candidate,” Geagea said in reference to Wednesday’s parliamentary session to elect a new president.
Geagea, who visited Gemayel in his Bikfaya residence, said she agreed with the Kataeb leader that the presidential election is “very important and all lawmakers should practice their constitutional role on April 23.”
“The lawmakers who do not [show up] to secure the needed quorum [for the Parliament session] will be obstructing the election,” she said.
Kataeb officials have said that Gemayel is expected to declare his candidacy for the presidential election soon.
Geagea already announced his presidential campaign platform and voiced confidence his allies in March 14 would endorse his candidacy, despite a lack of official comment from the other major paries in the bloc.
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