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2023-06-08 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hezbollah, allies coordinate steps ahead of presidential vote
[An Nahar] After Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
...Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians...
called for a presidential election session, Hezbollah and the Amal Movement launched coordinative meetings to study the steps and choices that can be taken in the face of the rival camp’s plan, a media report said.

"These meetings will expand to include the Marada Movement
the personal militia of Suleiman Franjieh, president of Lebanon at the outbreak of the civil war, currently Syrian toadies, but you never know when that could change...
, seeing as tripartite meetings will be held between Hezbollah Secretary-General’s Political Aide Hussein al-Khalil, MP Ali Hassan Khalil and ex-minister Youssef Fenianos, in order to discuss the expected scenarios and the steps that can be taken," al-Akhbar newspaper said.

Informed sources meanwhile told the daily that "all options are on the table, including boycotting the session or blocking quorum."

"We know that (Jihad) Azour’s nomination is not serious and that its aim is to specify the sizes and reserving votes for Azour that would exceed those of Franjieh, something that (Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
chief Jebran) Bassil might use as a threatening card thinking that that would push the pro-Franjieh camp to back down from its nomination," the sources added.

Posted by Fred 2023-06-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top
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