The political Council of the Free Patriotic Movement convened on Wednesday under the chairmanship of MP Gebran Bassil, in its first periodic meeting since the group’s latest elections. During the meeting, Bassil informed the attendees of the atmosphere of the ongoing contacts regarding the presidential milestone. “The FPM is exerting all the possible efforts to ensure a national consensus over a figure who enjoys presidential qualifications at this stage and who has a reformist rescue vision and a capacity to work with a reformist government in order to face the challenges and dangers stalking Lebanon, including the massive displacement of Syrians into Lebanon,” a statement issued following the meeting read. According to the FPM, such influx of refugees constitutes a “sovereign and entity-related threat.” “The FPM’s political council will continue to raise the voice inside (Lebanon) and at the international fora to warn against engulfing Lebanon with millions of displaced Syrians,” it said. Moreover, conf
erees stressed that the FPM does not fear losing power, but it is rather concerned with preserving the existence of Lebanon. It also warned that “the wrong choice regarding the presidency of the republic will have negative reverberations that are perhaps more dangerous than vacuum.”
Source: National News Agency-Lebanon