Political Negotiations and Presidential Crisis Resolution in Lebanon

2023-08-16 04:12:26

It was stated in Al-Rai:

The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, who is proceeding with his dialogue with “Hezbollah” regarding the presidency of the republic, “may go to the furthest extent in this context, that is, to follow the opposition candidate, Suleiman Franjieh, because he needs this deal to survive politically in any new era, which is what he provides.” He has a deal with Franjieh with the guarantee of Hezbollah, as well as to remain in parliament with a balanced bloc in any upcoming elections, which requires preserving the party’s lever in its areas of weight, ”according to the circles.

Considering that these circles consider it too early to ascertain whether Basil’s handing over Franjieh’s choice following the completion of the understanding on all the items will be sufficient or sufficient to deliver the “resistance” candidate in light of the need for “complementary votes” that come either from Sunni blocs that have previously stood on the fence until now. Or from the Jumblatt bloc, whose coup is difficult to imagine once morest the coming of “a friend of Bashar al-Assad” (as announced by Representative Taymour Walid Jumblatt). Even if the support of the Free Movement for Franjieh drops the argument of the latter’s lack of Christian cover, not to mention the possibility of the opposition playing the quorum card, it reveals that the majority of the forces The opposition, which supported the candidacy of former minister Jihad Azour, is working on a unified paper that it will report to the French envoy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, when he returns to Beirut next month.

According to these circles, the paper will include an affirmation of the commitment of the statement of the “Group of Five” on Lebanon (which includes the United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar) following its meeting in Doha on July 17, regarding the required characteristics of the president and the election mechanism. “This is an embarrassment to the French in If you think regarding any proposals from outside the five-year committee fund, and also adhere to the contents of this statement as a basis for resolving the presidential crisis and for any other steps.

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