Hezbollah Faces Big Dilemma: Understanding Mar Mikhael or Era of Franjieh?

Hezbollah has not yet managed to soften the position of the Free Patriotic Movement in supporting the appointment of the head of the Marada Movement, Suleiman Franjieh, to the presidency of the Republic, despite all the attempts that the party is making through its officials, led by its general secretary Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and this issue will raise important questions about the party’s stance on rejection In case Franjieh succeeds in marketing his candidacy externally and internally, away from the movement, will the party proceed with a presidential agreement that the patriot is not a part?

So far Hezbollah is still looking at this issue with the motivation that it is impossible in politics, especially as it will have repercussions on its relations with the “Free Patriotic Movement”, while it is, as confirmed by the course of the last parliamentary elections, one of the liveliest of this report, where he took the initiative to fortify the reality of the parliamentary current in the light of the great attack to which it was exposed at all levels.

On the other hand, the party continues to bet on the possibility of being able to convince the head of the movement, the deputy Gebran Bassil, to follow the head of the “Marada” movement, Suleiman Franjieh, as it is a strategic interest that does not go risked, and the bet is on the time factor that is able to overturn current events.

In this climate, some circles envisage the possibility that there are suitable conditions for the election of Franjieh, far from Bassil’s support, which is still unlikely for now. On the other hand, the possibilities of electing one of the other candidates, which could present a real dilemma for Hezbollah, which would not prefer to be in this position, provided there is a chance to elect one of its main allies.

According to well-informed political sources, Hezbollah, at the start of the presidential elections, was not willing to proceed to any agreement without the support of the movement, but at the same time did not expect to receive this outright refusal from Basil Franjieh, and sources indicate that Basil informs everyone he meets that his position on Franjieh’s candidacy is final and irreversible, and therefore Hezbollah’s efforts in this context will go nowhere, and Basil knows that those who inform them of these messages will they will ensure that they reach who should reach them, which makes the party revise its accounts, and if it can commercialize Franjieh’s candidacy without the approval of the movement, then it is According to sources, it will face a real test of La understanding of Mar Michael.

The sources reveal that there is a middle ground to this dilemma represented by some members of the Strong Lebanon Bloc voting in favor of Franjieh, and others abstaining from voting for him, led by Basil and the Falcons of the Movement. should happen, it must be accompanied by the political guarantees given by Hezbollah to the Free Patriotic Movement: in the short term, i.e. during the mandate of the next president, and in the long term, i.e. after the end of the presidential mandate, since Basil does not hide his ambition from anyone to be the president of the republic in the next mandate.