BEIRUT: Free Patriotic Movement MP Ibrahim Kanaan met with Christian leaders Monday to garner support for a presidential poll among Christians to reveal which candidate had the most support for the presidency.
The presidential initiative received the conditional backing ofMarada Movement chief Sleiman Frangieh.
“We are not against a Christian poll, but we want a transparent [vote], one that is approved by all the Christian [powers] who will agree on the poll questions and on the terms,” Frangieh told reporters following a meeting with Kanaan.
Frangieh, however, was doubtful that an exclusively Christian poll would be a good indicator of which candidate would be most representative of the country's populace.
“We want a national and a Christian poll because the presidency is [both] a Christian and a national issue,” he said at his mansion in Bneshi, north Lebanon.