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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SAGA

A state asset trust fund. Extensive decentralization: The price of Bassil’s support for a Frangieh presidency

The Free Patriotic Movement is making its support for Hezbollah’s presidential candidate conditional on a thorough reform of the state and the central government’s role.

A state asset trust fund. Extensive decentralization: The price of Bassil’s support for a Frangieh presidency

Members of the Presidential Guard remove the Lebanese flag at Baabda’s Presidential Palace after Michel Aoun’s departure, Nov. 1, 2022. (Credit: Dalati Nohra).

Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) MPs said it clearly. They are ready to support any candidate for the presidency, including Marada leader Sleiman Frangieh (their rival and Hezbollah’s favorite), if Hezbollah and its camp commit to implementing two key...
Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) MPs said it clearly. They are ready to support any candidate for the presidency, including Marada leader Sleiman Frangieh (their rival and Hezbollah’s favorite), if Hezbollah and its camp commit to implementing two key...