The Kataeb party warned of a “vertical split” and a “one-party” ruling in the country following the endorsement of MP Michel Aoun for the presidency by head of al-Mustaqbal Movement, and stressed that the majority do not support the MP for the top state post, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Friday.
“General Aoun does not have the consensus of the Lebanese. There is a vertical split in the country,” Kataeb sources told the daily on condition of anonymity.
“The supporters and adversaries are equal because one-half of the supporters are not convinced with (Free Patriotic Movement founder) Aoun,” they went on to say.
The Kataeb sources stressed the need to address this “split because it will generate a difficult situation at the level of incorporating the basis for a new phase in the country.”
They voiced fears that ruling under “Aoun might be a one-party ruling or a monopolization of the Christian representation between two groups and the abolition of the other parties.”