March 14 Alliance Meets Next Thursday
The March 14 forces will hold a general meeting next Thursday at the Bristol hotel after finalizing the coalition”s lists in all districts, sources told Naharnet.
Al-Liwaa newspaper on Thursday quoted informed sources as saying there is a settlement to solve the issue of the Armenian Catholic seat in Beirut 1.
The sources added that a formula will be adopted on Saturday or Sunday to agree on a single candidate. The March 14 coalition”s candidate is Serge Tor Sarkissian while Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has proposed Richard Kouyoumjian for the Armenian seat.
As for the Shiite seat in Zahle, it has been settled in favor of Uqab Saqr on the majority list after Mehsen Dalloul announced that negotiations with MP Saad Hariri failed.
In an interview with al-Manar TV, Dalloul said that "dialogue with Hariri was over" and he intended to form a third electoral list in Zahle.
"I understood from Hariri that things are moving toward a confrontation," he added.