Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat announced Wednesday that Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh is qualified to be a “compromise president” as the latter stressed that his possible nomination will not affect the unity of the March 8 camp.
“Walid Jumblat was the first figure who nominated me for the presidency in Lebanon and we will be on the same course in this period,” said Franjieh as he arrived for talks with Jumblat in Clemenceau.
“My nomination has not become official until the moment and I believe that ex-PM (Saad) Hariri is 100% honest in his support for me and that he was serious in everything he said,” Franjieh added.
He was referring to a Paris meeting with Hariri last month that has sparked intense speculation that the two leaders agreed to Franjieh's nomination for the presidency. Hariri has also met in the French capital with Jumblat and Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel.
As for his ties with Change and Reform bloc chief MP Michel Aoun, Franjieh emphasized that he will not disagree with his ally and that “March 8 will only go unified to the presidential elections.”