Geagea Says March 14 Shouldn't be Indifferent to Presidential Polls
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has urged the March 14 alliance not to be indifferent and to work on guaranteeing the election of a coalition candidate for the presidency.
“The March 14 alliance can't confront an important event such as the presidential elections with indifference,” Geagea told a delegation from Jbeil that visited him at his residence in Maarab.
The coalition “should exert all necessary efforts to bring its candidate to the presidency,” he said.
Geagea was asked by delegation members, who the March 14 candidate was.
“The answer is that democracy should say its first and last words,” he replied.
No one has yet officially announced his candidacy for the presidency as President Michel Suleiman's six-year term expires in May.
Geagea told his visitors that the LF considers the presidential post as a means to reach objectives.
“We are not in existence to become presidents,” he said, shying away from directly announcing his candidacy.
“We are a traditional party and we are not after posts,” Geagea added.
Constitutionally, the parliament should start convening March 25 to elect a new president.
Several names have been mentioned for the post, including Geagea's arch foe Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun.
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