After the visit of former Minister Youssef Saadeh, delegated by the head of the Marada Movement, Suleiman Franjieh, to Paris, where he met the head of the French Foreign Intelligence, Bernard Aimé, and with the description of the results of the meeting as constructive and good, the features of the steps that Franjieh is taking, calmly and without haste, in the race towards Baabda Palace began to appear. .. After his remarkable participation (and in the front ranks politically and spatially) in the UNESCO meeting, affirming the Taef Constitution, and with the absence of a Saudi veto on Suleiman Bey as a candidate for the presidency of the Lebanese Republic, even if Saudi Arabia supports the army commander, General Joseph Aoun, for the presidency of the Republic, well-informed political circles reported It can be described as close to Marada, according to “Lebanon Files” that France does not harbor any veto over Franjieh, and so is Washington’s position, and therefore, and based on the range of contacts that France undertakes regionally as well as internationally (Macron-Biden meeting soon), and contacts at the cell level
The crisis between Paris and Haret Hreik, the atmosphere that began to seep into the course of the presidential election regarding Franjieh’s fortunes, seems good, and indicated that the Shiite duo is satisfied with a wide aspect of his internal parliamentary political contacts, and is positively anticipating Regarding the French contacts related to the situation in Lebanon, including the presidential election.. The circles pointed out that the factor countering this atmosphere, related to the position of the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, rejecting Franjieh as president, and the strong positions issued by Basil, pointed out that the effect of this factor does not exceed even the nature of disturbing Hezbollah, which moves and works with accuracy, confidence and deliberation. Just to prevent embarrassment, and that the mechanism of this move seeks not to offend Mar Mikhael’s February 6 understanding. And if the duo will keep their white papers (with their allies) in the presidential parliamentary election fund, until 65 votes are secured for Suleiman Bey, then what the circles indicate is that the matter is affected by the time factor, as this context requires at least two months, waiting.