Marada leader MP Frangieh says will withdraw candidacy when Hariri backs Aoun

Marada Movement leader MP Sleiman Frangieh noted on Sunday that he would only withdraw his presidential candidacy should Future movement leader former Prime Minister

Saad Hariri decide to back Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun's nomination.

 

“When Hariri decides to back General Aoun, I will withdraw my candidacy,” said Frangieh to NBN television.

 

“I will not concede to Aoun unless the possibility of him winning the presidential elections becomes certain,” Frangieh added.

 

He also stressed that he is not willing to risk losing his own nomination.

 

Lebanon has been plunged into a presidential vacuum since May 2014 when the mandate of Michel Sleiman ended without the election of successor.