The expected presidential nomination of Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh is a result of a “regional-international” deal aimed at preventing chaos from taking over Lebanon, reported al-Akhbar newspaper on Tuesday.
A ministerial source told the daily that “there is a 75 percent chance that this deal will go ahead.”
On Change and Reform bloc MP Michel Aoun's stance on the nomination, it said: “We are faced with a fateful issue and there is a need to cater to Aoun's concerns, which Hizbullah should attend to.”
“This is not the first complication to arise between the two sides and it is not impossible to resolve,” it remarked.