BEIRUT: March 8 will not vote for a centrist candidate for the presidency, said Marada Movement chief Sleiman Frangieh after meeting MP Michel Aoun Wednesday.
Frangieh said his camp seeks a deal that gives each of Lebanon’s three highest political posts to one political party.
“We will not accept a centrist president,” announced Frangieh after the meeting in Rabieh. “The president could be either from our side or from the other, but should be partisan.”
“As long as anyone is still convinced about electing a centrist president, there will be no president.”
Frangieh expressed full support for Aoun as a presidential candidate, and vowed to continue the battle on his side until the very end.
“We hope that General Aoun will reach the presidency,” he said. “True partnership could be reached if Aoun becomes president, because he enjoys a real popular base.”
Frangieh said Aoun’s arrival to the post will not necessarily mean the absence of a deal with the political rivals.
“The prime minister will represent one side, the president another, and the parliament speaker a third one, the one that is currently [represented],” Frangieh explained.
He said any dialogue between two political rivals is good, especially between Christian rivals when it is about the presidency.
“The two sides are coming from two very far sides, and they should get closer,” he said, answering a question about the anticipated dialogue between Aoun and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, who is the official candidate of March 14.
Lebanon has been without president since May 25, when former President Michel Sleiman left at the end of his term.
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