Report: Bassil, Jumblat discussed nominating Pierre Daher for president
The latest meeting between Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil and Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat was “different than all the previous meetings and was not negative at all, contrary to all leaks,” ad-Diyar newspaper reported on Thursday.
The meeting witnessed “a common approach toward the presidential file” based on the two men’s calls for “agreeing on a unifying figure that can talk to all political parties and that would be acceptable to everyone,” the daily added.
“Jumblat and Bassil might have found these characteristic in LBCI TV chairman Pierre Daher, agreeing to back his presidential nomination armed with the support of (Maronite) Patriarch (Beshara) al-Rahi for this choice,” ad-Diyar said.
It also noted that MP Wael Abu Faour of the PSP put Speaker Nabih Berri in the picture of this atmosphere, which was “also relayed to Haret Hreik.”
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