Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil announced Friday during a mass rally in Beirut's Martyrs Square that the Free Patriotic Movement wants “a free president elected by his people” and “a parliament elected through a proportional representation law.”
“We want a free president elected by his people with decisions emanating from his popular and constitutional strength. We want a parliament that does not extend its own term or violate its powers, a parliament elected through a proportional representation law, which can give youths a chance,” said Bassil.
Agence France-Presse and The Associated Press said “thousands” of protesters took part in the FPM rally. The demonstrators carried the movement's trademark orange flags, as well as a few flags of Hizbullah, the FPM's main ally.