Suleiman: Elections Must Come First

Army Commander Gen. Michel Suleiman announced that “elections must come first and then the institutions would deal with the rest (of the controversial issues).

 

Suleiman”s comments were made during May Chedia”s Tuesday night talk show on LBC television.

 

Suleiman on Tuesday met with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea at his residence in Mearab.

 

Geagea praised the procedures taken by the army to preserve security especially in this critical period, the National News Agency reported.

 

Suleiman is respected as a neutral figure which has made him the ideal compromise candidate to become president after Emile Lahoud”s term ended last week with Lebanon”s divided factions unable to agree on a successor.

 

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