Report: Franjieh Returns 'Very Satisfied' from Weekend Visit to Assad
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh paid a visit over the weekend to his ally and personal friend Syrian President Bashar Assad, reported As Safir newspaper on Tuesday.
It said that the meeting was held on Sunday and that the MP “had returned to Lebanon very satisfied with the talks.”
The discussions lasted a few hours and the lawmaker returned to Lebanon that same day, revealed al-Joumhouria newspaper.
As Safir added that the meeting was aimed at “reassessing the regional political scene, especially the Syrian-Lebanese one.”
It continued that Franjieh and Assad “constantly” communicate with each other over the telephone, discussing the presidential initiative in Lebanon and the concerns surrounding it.
“Franjieh sensed after returning to Lebanon the trust of the Syrian leadership in him and his political choices, seeing as he was among the few Lebanese politicians who stood by Syria and the resistance during the most difficult times,” reported the daily.
Recent efforts to end the vacuum saw Franjieh emerge as a presidential candidate as part of a greater settlement that would revitalize the political scene in the country.
The initiative, launched by Mustaqbal Movement MP Saad Hariri, has however been met with the reservations of the Lebanese Forces, Kataeb Party, and the Free Patriotic Movement.
Lebanon has been without a president since May 2014 when the term of Michel Suleiman ended without the election of successor.
Ongoing disputes between the rival March 8 and 14 camps over a compromise candidate have thwarted the polls.
15 December 2015, 08:35
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Because of the tribe culture in the Middle East foreigners could always determine the policies in this region.A significant majority of the Lebanese community adhere to the tribe/religion culture, as long as this is the case this population will never be a nation, and will always be a prey for foreigners. No doubt a president will be elected, an artificial peace and stability will follow but...for how long?
15 December 2015, 08:36
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Because of the tribe culture in the Middle East foreigners could always determine the policies in this region.A significant majority of the Lebanese community adhere to the tribe/religion culture, as long as this is the case this population will never be a nation, and will always be a prey for foreigners. No doubt a president will be elected, an artificial peace and stability will follow but...for how long?
15 December 2015, 08:47
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Satisfied? hum...probably he told him:" son don't worry your land is a province of great Syria , for the time being I have to settle minor domestic issues, I expect to be ready within few weeks , then I'll appoint you as governor of your land.
15 December 2015, 09:37
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What a stupid thing to do! The Butcher is No 1 enemy of Lebanon.
15 December 2015, 13:15
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By that are you trying to say saudis are more lebanese than lebanese?
15 December 2015, 13:44
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this poor shiite boy cannot read a simple sentence, or does he suffer from the complete lack of comprehension systemic of his bee2a
15 December 2015, 14:10
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this poor sectarian troll boy doesn't know what he is talking about. your friend here spends his days licking saudi shoes and supporting saad hariri, a saudi national, born in and living in saudi, and fully owned by the saudi kings. when you support saudi puppets you have no right to open your mouth about other lebanese leaders. people who live in glass houses and all that...
15 December 2015, 14:10
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same goes for geagea, whose bankrupt gang would have collapsed long ago if it weren't for saudi monies
15 December 2015, 15:05
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The Shiite boy's unrelated post speaks ridiculousness on it's own, I rest my case while I lol!
15 December 2015, 15:09
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PS: it seems that in the Shiite boy's bee2a they shine shoes with their tongues!
15 December 2015, 09:53
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That's another insult to the Lebanese people. We threw the Syrians out in 2005, and he goes kissing up to them again? What a traitor this guy is.
If he is elected, we can say goodbye to Lebanon.
15 December 2015, 10:14
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We are fed up with so-called leaders who obey to the outside.
15 December 2015, 12:42
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Franjieh Returns 'Very Satisfied
How many baraze2 did he eat?
15 December 2015, 13:43
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Assad is trying to save his own skin. Somoene forgot to tell Frangieh that those days of getting Syria's approval are over.
15 December 2015, 16:22
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Big mistake... Last thing a potential Lebanese Presidential candidate needs to do. Why Hariri is backing him is even a bigger question? Why back a "brother" of Assad when Aoun is rejected because he is too close to Syria, even though he fought against Syrian occupation of Lebanon? This only makes people more question Lebanese politics! I dream for a Lebanese military coupe, like General Fouad Chehab government of the 60s! This time, it lasts a little longer so that all the hard work done is not undone by a Franjieh.... Read your history people! President Suliman Franjieh was elected as a protest of the General Fouad Chehab government and policies that rescued Lebanon during the 60s! Again its was a Jumblatt that decided... what a sad broken record Lebanon is!
