Siniora has not decided his electoral position as a candidacy and support..and the machines were launched

“Al-Diyar” quoted informed sources that President Fouad Siniora has not decided his final position in terms of supporting a list in Beirut or running personally, and the decision is subject to consultations in the coming hours, knowing that 4 days separate us from the date of closing the nomination door, and despite obtaining “implicit” approval From Dar al-Fatwa, but he was somewhat reluctant for the previous reasons, as well as for being informed by one of the senior officials of the electoral “machine” in the Future Movement that he did not support him in the step of his candidacy from “under the table,” with advice that his success in Beirut would not be guaranteed, especially if The Sunni street decided to punish him for violating Hariri’s decision!

Al-Binaa learned that most of the political forces told their electoral machines to work according to the maximum capacity at the various statistical, logistical, technical and media levels, that the elections will take place on time and not be influenced by news and rumors that talk regarding postponing or canceling the elections. Intense shuttle meetings to put the final touches on the electoral alliances, most of which were decided, especially the alliance between Hezbollah, Amal Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement in various constituencies with the exception of the West Bekaa – Rashaya due to the dispute over the nomination of the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Elie Ferzli, whom the Free Patriotic Movement refuses to ally with. The alliance of the Progressive Socialist Party and the Lebanese Forces was resolved in constituencies with a common presence, provided that President Fouad Siniora leads electoral lists that include candidates for Sunni seats in different constituencies, including resigned officials from the Future Movement and members of the non-partisan Future Bloc who will run individually and not in the name of the future. .

Asharq Al-Awsat quoted sources that “Siniora does not hide in front of his visitors his satisfaction with the Arab reactions to his decision not to vacate the electoral arena in the interest of the opposition axis led by Hezbollah.” Hariri expressed his reluctance to run, and said that it was too early to shed light on the composition of the electoral lists because the names of the candidates are still being evaluated, to choose the most suitable among them as quickly as possible to prepare the lists with the names of the candidates and deposit them with the Ministry of Interior no later than the fourth of next month, which is the deadline for their registration. officially.
She revealed that Siniora, although he has not withdrawn his name from the candidacy until now from the Beirut second district, he is not in the process of running, and attributed the reason to the fact that Siniora insists not to present himself as the political heir of political freedom represented by Prime Minister Hariri, and said that just his candidacy following Hariri’s reluctance will provide an excuse for those trying to fish in troubled waters to deepen the rift between them, under the pretext that he wants to run for the same constituency that Hariri was running for.

She also revealed that Siniora will draw a distance for himself not to approach the electoral battle in Sidon – Jezzine, and to stay away from the competition taking place in his hometown in the capital of the south, and attribute the reason to the considerations that dictate him not to run from Beirut in order to avoid blocking the road to deepening the gap between him and the head of the “Future” bloc. » Parliamentary Bahia Hariri.