Even at the time of the holidays, the political movement is intense, even if it has so far been without a presidential blessing.
Agreeing on a new president is not within reach, just like the caretaker mechanism, in light of a prolonged presidential vacancy, and a governmental crisis pending upon the repercussions of the last session.
However, regardless of the practical results that remain subject to positions and developments, it is clear that the Free Patriotic Movement, which many worked to isolate, especially following the end of President General Michel Aoun’s term, succeeded in breaking the cordon, and turned into a pivot for internal and external consultations regarding the file of electing the president and the political package that is taking place. Talk regarding it in some scenes.
All this, while other players in the Christian arena in particular, such as the forces, battalions, and other parties and personalities, seem to be in a state of isolation that they wished for the current, content with a tweet from here and a statement from there, and some shy political movement from there, on the sidelines of events.
If the movement of the leader of the current, Gebran Bassil, between Doha and Paris, and between the two capitals, in terms of visits and contacts announced or far from the media, constitutes a daily orbit of monitoring and analysis from more than one party, then his local meetings in the recent period attracted all the lights, as they achieved qualitative breaches, at least in terms of Figure, with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt, Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh, and others.
Today, the official of the Liaison and Coordination Committee in Hezbollah, Wafiq Safa, confirmed to LOTTV, in response to a question regarding whether there was a rupture between the party and the Free Patriotic Movement, that there was no rupture at all, on the contrary, the holidays were an occasion for communication and convergence, adding: “ I called and congratulated the Merry Christmas on behalf of the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, to His Excellency President General Michel Aoun, as well as to the head of the movement, Representative Gebran Bassil, in the hope that the coming days will bring more dialogue and communication for the benefit of both parties. Safa concluded by saying: “The message of the Lord Christ is a message of goodness and love, and in this blessed time, we hope that a calm atmosphere, far from tensions between the various parties, will prevail, for what is good for Lebanon and the Lebanese.” In parallel, I drew attention today to the position of the Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah, in which he talked regarding a president who is “experienced in politics,” in the context of a tweet in which he said:
“We want a president who is experienced in politics, capable of communicating with everyone internally and externally. His priority is economic rescue that is neither biased nor provoked nor subject to external dictates.”
