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BEIRUT – In the second round on Thursday, Hezbollah and the Amal Movement decided to back electing Joseph Aoun as Lebanon\u2019s president, ending the two-year presidential impasse.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The resounding message that the \u201cShiite duo\u201d intended to convoy is that the decisive choice in completing the numerical and political quorum mainly lies at the hands of the resistance movement, and the president cannot be elected without them, as Samir Geagea intended and even publicly declared in an interview during the Israeli large-scale war on Lebanon during September and November in 2024.<\/p>\n
Reluctantly, the \u201cShiite duo\u201d succumbed to the unprecedented foreign pressure, nevertheless asserting its powerful presence in Lebanon\u2019s political arena. Actually, the due gave priority to Lebanon\u2019s supreme interests and national harmony.<\/p>\n
Mohammed Raad, head of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, saluted \u201cthe resistance\u2019s martyrs who have protected the country so that the session could be held, and to achieve national accord in this difficult period. By delaying our vote for His Excellency the President, we wanted to convoy a message that we are the guarantors of the national accord.\u201d<\/p>\n
The consensus had been achieved before the second round of election, during a meeting Mohammad Raad and Ali Hassan Khalil held with Joseph Aoun, who allayed the Shiite duo\u2019s military, security and political concerns.<\/p>\n
The understanding focused on the responsibilities of the new era, especially reconstruction, forming a national government and preserving the achievements of the resistance movement.<\/p>\n
Joseph Aoun has pledged to rebuild what the Israeli enemy has destroyed, assuring, \u201cOur martyrs are the spirit of our determination and our prisoners are a trust in our necks.\u201d<\/p>\n
The voting session was attended by the quintet committee\u2019s representatives seemingly to supervise the commitment of their stooges (pro-US MPs). They, in parallel, witnessed a shameful chorus of insults that reflected those MPs\u2019 moral and national downfall.<\/p>\n
Those were not satisfied with just pessimism, buffoonery and useless interventions, but they also blatantly posted pictures of their ballot papers on X to confirm that they are obedient boys to their strict \u201cmom\u201d in Washington.<\/p>\n
In contrast, a section of nationalist MPs underscored their keenness on the constitutionality of the election and their firm rejection of foreign ambassadors and envoys\u2019 dictates.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Osama Saad asked his fellow MPs: \u201cDoes one of those [ambassadors and envoys] dare to violate their countries\u2019 constitution? Why us?\u201d<\/p>\n
Saad stated the US \u201cdeceptive\u201d diplomacy\u201d has \u201ckilled many Lebanese and destroyed many of their houses\u201d to impose Aoun as the president, stressing that the Lebanese have had enough of \u201cIsraeli criminality and US deception.\u201d<\/p>\n
Addressed the ambassadors, MP Halima Kaakour also called on foreign envoys not to intervene in Lebanon\u2019s affairs and sovereignty, stressing her rejection of all dictates \u201cwhether American or Iranian.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Amos Hochstein, the US presidential envoy to West Asia, has claimed that Aoun\u2019s election is \u201ca step towards peace and stability in Lebanon.\u201d Ursula Gertrude von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, has also deemed it as a \u201cray of hope\u201d for Lebanon.<\/p>\n
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, has also stressed the need to speed up the formation of a new cabinet \u201cas the tasks placed on the shoulders of the Lebanese state are extremely huge and cannot tolerate any more wasting of time.\u201d<\/p>\n
For its part, the Iranian embassy in Beirut has expressed its congratulations to \u201cbrotherly Lebanon on the election of General Joseph Aoun as President of the Republic in an atmosphere of comprehensive consensus.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n