Geagea: We’ll have ‘100% made in Lebanon’ president

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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea (L) urged Friday all parliamentary blocs to support the election of Free patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun's (R) presidential bid Oct. 21, 2016
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea (L) urged Friday all parliamentary blocs to support the election of Free patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun’s (R) presidential bid Oct. 21, 2016

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea declared on  Wednesday that   that the upcoming presidential  election of is  “100 percent made in Lebanon” and that the country is going through “historic moments”.

“We are living historic moments, even if not everyone is satisfied,” said Geagea  in Maarab during  a  conference on oil and gas exploration in Lebanon.

“We managed to do a lot of things regarding the presidency. There was a veto on the presidential election and there was a very big decision to block it, and I’ll leave it to your imagination to guess where it was coming from,” he added, in a possible reference to Hezbollah and  its backer Iran

“Our conscience is clear and we have made a big achievement for the sake of the country,” Geagea boasted.

He also declared  that the Lebanese will soon have a “100 percent made in Lebanon” president.

“Some Lebanese refuse to believe that we have a national will. Some countries do not want elections in Lebanon but as soon as some political forces reached an agreement in Lebanon, they managed to reach a 100% ‘made in Lebanon’ presidential vote,” Geagea added.

Geagea , who was the first to announce his presidential bid  played a key role in supporting the presidential nomination of Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun after LF and  FPM    parties reached a political agreement following months of rapprochement talks.

Lebanon has been without a president for more than two years, part of a political crisis that has resulted in a breakdown in many basic services and concerns about the country’s stability.

Members of parliament will vote on a president on Oct 31 after former prime minister Saad al-Hariri said on Thursday he would back Aoun as president, part of a deal in which he is expected to again be appointed as prime minister.

Lebanon’s dominant movement, Shiite Hezbollah, is allied to Aoun and its leader  Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday his members of parliament would vote for him in the election.

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  1. “Geagea: We’ll have ‘100% made in Lebanon’ president”

    Wishful thinking? Delusion? Opportunism? Some kind of shady behind-the-doors deal? One is left guessing.

    In any case, the only person who might derive some use from Aoun’s elevation to the Presidency is the Senile Napoleon himself. And his repulsive sidekick/”son-in-law”, of course.

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