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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Berri to throw weight behind Franjieh's nomination in 2023
2022-12-31
[An Nahar] Parliament Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri
...Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians...
has called in front of his visitors for sidelining Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
chief Jebran Bassil in the presidential file and "moving to Plan B," a media report said on Friday.

"Plan B is based on seriously promoting the presidential nomination of Marada Movement
the personal militia of Suleiman Franjieh, president of Lebanon at the outbreak of the civil war, currently Syrian toadies, but you never know when that could change...
chief Suleiman Franjieh with the beginning of the new year," informed sources told ad-Diyar newspaper.

"He is trying to convince Hezbollah with the matter so that paralysis does not continue," the sources added.

Berri had informed Bassil in their recent meeting that he was "not willing to launch discussions over a third candidate that Bassil is trying to promote as a settlement candidate" and that his stance is "coordinated with Hezbollah," the sources went on to say.

Posted by:Fred

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