BEIRUT: Marada Movement leader Sleiman Frangieh said he would support the extension of the term of Lebanese Army commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi in order to to avoid a vacuum in the military leadership.
“I support the appointment of Brig. Gen. Shamel Roukoz to the Army leadership,” Frangieh said in remarks published Friday by local daily As-Safir.
“But if this is not possible, and if I had to choose between Gen. Jean Kahwagi and vacuum, I would choose to extend Kahwagi’s term,” he said.
The current military council has already lost half of its members. Only three members of the council remain: Kahwagi, Army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Walid Salman, and Secretary-General of the Higher Defense Council Maj. Gen. Mohammad Khair.