Hezbollah will continue to boycott the parliament sessions

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MP Michel Aoun, right, receives Hezbollah officials Wafiq Safa, left, and Hussein Khalil C)  in Rabieh
MP Michel Aoun, right, receives Hezbollah officials Wafiq Safa, left, and Hussein Khalil C) in Rabieh

Hezbollah official Hussein Khalil said on Saturday that the party’s lawmakers will only attend the parliament session aimed at electing a president next week if an agreement is reached to elect its candidate the founder of the Free Patriotic Movement MP Michel Aoun for the post. In other words Hezbollah and its allies will continue to boycott the parliament sessions to make sure there is  no  quorum to elect a president

“When an agreement is reached on the election of Gen. Aoun as president, then we will be the first to arrive at the parliament to elect him,” said Khalil after a meeting with Aoun.

A Hezbollah delegation visited  Aoun marking ten years since the party and the FPM signed their Memorandum of Understanding.

The visit comes as the battle for the top post heats up ahead of a parliament session next week aimed at filling the 20-month vacuum.

“A delegation from Hezbollah  visited Rabieh today to meet with the Change and Reform bloc head MP Michel Aoun,” said al-Joumhouria.

The delegation is comprised of Hezbollah leader’s political assistant Hussein Khalil, Hezbollah’s top security official Wafiq Safa, Industry Minister Hussein al-Hajj Hassan and politburo members Mahmoud Qmati and Moustafa Hajj Ali, added the daily.

Reports have said that extensive meetings will be held in the next two days between Hezbollah, Aoun and the March 8 camp allies to take the appropriate decision ahead of Monday’s meeting.

The 35th parliament session has been scheduled for February 8 to elect a successor to form,  President Michel Suleiman whose term ended in May 2014,

Aoun, Marada leader MP Suleiman Franjieh are the  two main  candidates for the post. Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah  said last week that neither Hezbollah MPs nor Aoun’s MPs will participate in the parliament session since it cannot guarantee to get Aoun to the Baabda presidential palace .

Former Lebanese PM and Future Movement chief Saad Hariri , PSP Chief MP Walid Jumblatt and Speaker Nabih Berri decided to back  Franjieh for the presidential post . Franjieh claims  he has 70 votes out 127 . The total number of MPs is 128 but one member died and has not been replaced . Aoun disagrees , but refuses to go to the parliament to prove him wrong .

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea who was the  candidate of March 14 was upset about Hariri’s decision to back Franjieh and endorsed instead the nomination of Aoun, his long time rival.

Several analysts are of the opinion that Geagea’s endorsement of Aoun’s candidacy and Hariri’s endorsement Franjieh’s candidacy unmasked Hezbollah’s real intentions ; “Neither Iran nor Hezbollah want a president for Lebanon at this stage “the analysts asserted.

Al Anbaa newspaper reported that Aoun dispatched  today his top media official Jean Aziz to Tehran to discuss the presidential issue and will be dispatching Monday his son-in-law Lebanese Foreign minister  Gebran Bassil to Europe  to campaign for his presidential candidacy

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8 responses to “Hezbollah will continue to boycott the parliament sessions”

  1. Reasonableman Avatar
    Reasonableman

    M14 going for thr hard power approach

    1. Care to elaborate?

      1. Reasonableman Avatar
        Reasonableman

        My bad i meant m8 camp using hard power approach. Thanks

        1. Now it’s much clearer :).

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar

    Hezzbolla doesn’t want anyone ‘in charge’ except an Ayatolla – and a lesser one than El Supremo.
    No Presient today … no Prime Minister tomorrow … No Parliament elected by The People.

    1. This approach seems to be working. Sadly, with little or no reaction from the general population.

  3. If there was ever any doubt over who or what is keeping Lebanon in a degrading political, social, and economic situation, here is the clear answer right from the Hezb/Iran themselves. Good luck Lebanon on your downwards spiral into an Iranian colony under the Ayatoilet Khamenei. Lebanon is pretty much f**ked and doesn’t have the balls to climb out of the shiite-hole they are now in.

    1. Shame on you for throwing mud at the “Resistance’s” pristine white garbs! You are just envious of their enormous achievements on the path of Resistance!!! They are Resisting while you are just sitting on the couch and getting fat! Everybody should join them in their noble cause of Resisting for the sake of it! (By the way, if you’re keen on getting fat, you can still join them – with how they look, strict dieting is obviously not part of the Resisting lifestyle).

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