The head of the “Arab Unification” party, Wiam Wahhab, said that “there is no political party that wants the army commander, General Joseph Aoun, to assume the presidency of the republic, especially those who propose him, because he is outside the political structure.” He is from Hezbollah, but the army commander must reach an understanding with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who is in control of the game.
In an interview on MTV, today, Sunday, Wahhab described Walid Jumblatt’s presidential initiative as “a distraction in wasted time,” and said: “If the Free Patriotic Movement and the Lebanese Forces agree on a name other than the head of the Marada Movement, Suleiman Franjieh, Then everyone will be embarrassed, and therefore Hezbollah and Berri will have to go through with it.”
He continued, “Hezbollah is capable of appointing a president with a Muslim majority, but it rejects this matter and seeks consensus. With this, there is a plan to say to Franjieh, “We have done what we have to do, and we will move to Plan B.” The party will be patient until Franjieh announces its withdrawal, and if it insists on running until the end, then this means The crisis continues, and I do not know how Berri estimated Franjieh’s votes at 67, so I tried to count them a thousand times, and I did not reach this number, and no one has the 65 votes.”
