With no solution to the conflict over the Lebanese presidency expected during the country's national dialogue's upcoming session Tuesday, Parliament majority leader MP Saad Hariri said he would support any candidate for the presidency as long as this candidate is backed by Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir.Speaking to reporters in Paris Saturday following a meeting with the prelate, Hariri said: "We have always said that we support anyone the patriarch suggests for the post of Lebanon's presidency, and we still believe there should be a change on the presidential level ... maybe we have not succeeded so far, but we insist that the main thing that will save the country right now is change."
The prelate, who is on a visit to the French capital to meet French President Jacques Chirac, is yet to publicly announce his position on the matter. Lebanon's anti-Syrian March 14 Forces are pushing for the ouster of President Emile Lahoud, while pro-Syrian factions - including Hizbullah and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) - oppose such a move.