Boueiz Glad he “Avoided Entering Chick Cage”
Former MP Fares Boueiz announced Saturday that he will not refrain from running the elections and thanked those who helped him "avoid entering the cage of chicks."
We "thank those who helped us avoid entering the cage of chicks and engage in a blind commitment," Boueiz told a press conference at his residence in Zouk.
"We want a full parliamentary seat and do not want to become semi-MPs," he stressed.
He also promised to run in the elections although he was excluded from Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun”s list in Kesrouan district.
Boueiz said that Aoun told him six times that he will be on his list, adding that the former MP was later surprised to hear that he wasn”t included in the Kesrouan ticket.
However, Boueiz promised that the list of "Independent Coalition Forces," in which he will be a member, will be announced in the next few days.
In his turn, former MP Mansour Ghanem al-Bon told An Nahar daily that negotiations are ongoing with all sides. But he said that talks with Boueiz haven”t reached any result yet.
Lebanese Forces sources stressed the party”s support for its candidates in Kesrouan despite contacts with independents.
Asked about the possibility of Boueiz joining the list that will run against Aoun”s ticket, the source said: "There is no animosity with former MP Boueiz."
Boueiz announced during his press conference that the "Independent Coalition Forces" ticket does not preclude any partisan or non-partisan force.
"You will find in it (the list) an added value," Boueiz said.