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Hezbollah sez oppo will not participate in presidential elections
2008-01-14
Member of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc Hussein Hajj Hassan on Sunday said that the Lebanese opposition will not participate in the presidential elections without a political solution that ensures partnership in the resolution and the government.

Hassan said in a statement "Our hands are extended for baksheesh solution ... and await the coming days to see what can happen", accusing forces known as the parliamentary majority (14 March) "of disabling solutions." Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa is expected to return to Beirut in the next few days after he failed to persuade the Lebanese parties of the Arab plan to solve the Lebanese crisis and reach a consensus on election of Army Commander Gen. Michel Suleiman as president of the republic and the formation of a national unity government.

Moussa at the conclusion of his visit to Lebanon yesterday expressed belief that the differences between the forces of the majority and the opposition were "temporary and would be resolved," indicating that he was able through his meetings with Lebanese officials of reaching "rebirth of the political action towards reaching a solution".

The opposition calls for mutual agreement on political reforms ahead of the election of General Michel Suleiman as president of the country, while the majority wants reforms to come afterwards.
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