Youssef Fares wrote in Markazia:
Conflicting news about the extent of external interest in the Lebanese presidential file, while the information talks about French support sympathetic to American and Arab support led by Egypt and Qatar to complete the merit, another believes that this concern has not yet gone out of the circle of anticipation, feeling the pulse and polling opinions and presidential chances from the perspective of specifications What is required and accepted on the Arab and international levels in the person of the next Lebanese president, to be able to lead the country to the bank of reform and salvation promised in the next stage. This is the content of the message that US Assistant Secretary of State Ethan Golderbush carried to Beirut weeks ago to stress the inevitability of the paths between the implementation of reforms and Lebanon’s obtaining international support. This is also the essence of the message that French President Emmanuel Macron confirms in his approach to attending international and Arab summits.
A member of the Development and Liberation Bloc, Representative Qassem Hashem, told Al Markaziya: “The presidential election is the responsibility of the local forces that are supposed to take the initiative to elect the President of the Republic and then form a government as part of a plan aimed at restoring and activating state institutions. The whole issue is sovereign. The foundation for it It is necessary through an inclusive dialogue that leads to the return of convergence between the Lebanese, who have been separated by personal ambitions and immediate benefits. As for those who reject dialogue, I say stop waiting for the outside and a change in the equations, especially since the balance of power in Parliament has become known and will not change overnight. Their change requires new parliamentary elections, and this Impossible as not passed a year after the life of the Council.
As for foreign assistance, whether foreign or Arab, it is appreciated, but if the local atmosphere is not conducive and stems from the obligation to concede in the interest of the country, then the outside is trying in vain, as evidenced by the failure of the French movement so far.
And he concludes by saying: “In any case, Lebanon remains a country of surprises, as evidenced by the settlement that led to the election of General Michel Aoun as president. It brought together the Free Patriotic Movement, the Lebanese Forces, and the Future Movement, in addition to Hezbollah, and the political situation in the country was similar to the current reality.”