NNA – Free Patriotic Movement Chief, MP Gebran Bassil, announced that the Movement has intersected with other parliamentary blocs on the name of Jihad Azour as a presidential candidate, among other names that FPM considered appropriate and not provocative, and hence gave its approval and no objection to their reaching presidency.
He considered that quot;the intersection over more than one name gives more flexibility and constitutes a positive and important development, so no one accuses FPM of obstruction.quot;
Bassil also deemed that having consensus over the name of a presidential candidate and the agreement of the main blocs to support him and give him the necessary representation, denotes compensation for those who lack access to Christian representation.
quot;In the event of a call for a session to elect a president, the Free Patriotic Movement will vote for the name that was agreed upon instead of voting by a white ballot paper,quot; he affirmed.
Bassilnbsp;called for quot;taking advantage of the historical moment and avoid wasting the opportunity of regional rapprochement around us,quot; and to work on quot;unifying the nationalnbsp;project so that we all succeed as Lebanese.quot;
quot;The only remaining victorynbsp;is winning the state-building battle; after we won the battle against terrorism, and we achieved balance with Israel,quot; he underscored.
Bassil#39;s words came during his speech at the Movement#39;s dinner banquet organized in the area of Jbeil on Saturday evening, in the presence of former President Michel Aoun.nbsp;
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