2023-06-17 03:57:01
Sources familiar with the Free Patriotic Movement leadership’s discussions on the presidential file indicated that party leader Representative Gebran Bassil does not link the regularity of partisan work to the merit itself, and that he is ready at any moment to take appropriate organizational decisions once morest those who violate the movement’s decision to vote for candidate Jihad Azour.
The sources indicated that Basil, following the end of last Wednesday’s session, called all members of the bloc to a meeting in one of the halls of the House of Representatives, and they discussed the method of voting during the session, and asked if there was anyone who violated the decision.
Despite the information regarding apparent tension in the conversation with Representative Alain Aoun, who rejected the impeachment method, Bassil heard a clear and direct answer from the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Elias Bou Saab, that he did not abide by the decision, and recalled that he had informed Basil of his decision before the election session.
According to the same information, the leadership of the “Free Patriotic Movement” is informally studying the situation, and it was left to Basil to decide to invite the leadership of the movement to an emergency meeting to discuss the matter, amid conflicting positions, between those who call for immediate accountability to punish those who violated the decision, and those who see the need to postpone the file. internal movement until following the end of the presidential elections. The sources said that Bassil tends to resolve the situation quickly, especially if he is convinced that there is someone who violated the decision other than Bou Saab, and therefore he prefers to lose a vote in the presidential elections, if that would constitute a factor of restraint for others, especially those who spoke of their opposition to the decision to nominate Azour. , or have shown a tendency not to adhere to the decision.
It is noteworthy that the “current” bloc resorted to a procedural mechanism that allows controlling the voting process during the session, allowing no vote to leak to the opposite side.
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