Prime Minister Tammam Salam stressed on Friday that Lebanon is in dire need for a “wise” president to fill the over two year vacuum and assured that there are seven candidates eligible for the post other than the names of the four nominees circulated in media outlets, An Nahar daily reported.
Without naming the candidates that he sees eligible to be head of state, Salam said in an interview to the daily that the “political life in Lebanon will not be regulated unless a president is elected.”
On rumors circulating that the Free Patriotic Movement would escalate measures in October and head for a confrontation if a president was not elected in September, Salam expressed pessimism and said: “the date is approaching and there is no light on the horizon.