A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
leader
Samir Geagea... Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005 ...
stressed Thursday that he will stay in the presidential race "until the end" regardless of the candidacy of Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
leader MP
Michel Aoun...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
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"I will carry on with my nomination until the end and this has nothing to do with General Aoun's candidacy," Geagea told LBCI television, during a weekly show dedicated to interviewing the major presidential hopefuls.
Reminiscing the 2005 period, Geagea said he "seriously thought of nominating Aoun for the presidency in 2005, because he was the only candidate back then."
"But that was rejected by the LF's brass hats," he added.
Commenting on the controversy over his nomination, Geagea said: "My past is not absurd, my past is part of Leb's past. Some parties want to launch unjust accusations against me and I had apologized because war is ugly, regardless of its form."