Will we have a president today? Yesterday, it seems that tens of thousands of posters of General Joseph Aoun were printed, and many municipalities prepared fireworks. The Hezbollah-backed candidate, Sleiman Frangieh, withdrew in Aoun’s favor. More and more parliamentary blocs expressed their intention to vote for the general. So, presumably, if not reasonably, we dare to answer yes to the question of whether our unfortunate republic will now have a president after a two-year vacancy, decades of unbearable Assadist pressure and whims and at least six years of cascading collapse. Read more Presidential election: three possible scenarios for an unpredictable voting session It is safe to place the wager on Aoun, who is widely supported by the international community, and whose arrival to the Baabda presidential palace could release the...
Will we have a president today? Yesterday, it seems that tens of thousands of posters of General Joseph Aoun were printed, and many municipalities prepared fireworks. The Hezbollah-backed candidate, Sleiman Frangieh, withdrew in Aoun’s favor. More and more parliamentary blocs expressed their intention to vote for the general. So, presumably, if not reasonably, we dare to answer yes to the question of whether our unfortunate republic will now have a president after a two-year vacancy, decades of unbearable Assadist pressure and whims and at least six years of cascading collapse. Read more Presidential election: three possible scenarios for an unpredictable voting session It is safe to place the wager on Aoun, who is widely supported by the international community, and whose arrival to the Baabda presidential palace could release...
