Jumblatt says does not oppose election of Aoun as president

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt stated on Saturday that he does not oppose the election of Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun as a president if his March 8 ally MP Sleiman Frangieh withdraws from the race.

 

However the Democratic Gathering bloc leader stressed in an interview that the issue is not in his hands.

 

 “It all depends on certain political circumstances which are not available at the time being,” Jumblatt added.

 

Lebanon has been plunged into a presidential vacuum since the mandate of President Michel Sleiman ended in May 2014 without the election of a successor.
Deep disputes between rival political camps have thwarted attempts to end the vacuum.