Election is easier than a strict ceasefire agreement?

Marouf Al-Daouk wrote in Al-Liwaa: A political source sees the difficulties and complexities that obstruct the process of electing the Army Commander, General Joseph Aoun, as President of the Republic, as natural and normal, and not new to the election process in general, as some like to portray it at the present time, but this time they are surrounded by exceptional attention. Locally, Arably and internationally, especially if we take into account the difficult circumstances that Lebanon is going through after the aggressive Israeli war, which it was subjected to, as a result of Iranian calculations. Sarfa, which resulted in thousands of casualties and injuries, and widespread destruction of villages, towns and cities in the south, the southern suburbs, the Bekaa and others.








Therefore, from the source’s point of view, holding the current presidential elections cannot be separated from what can be described as the devastating catastrophe that Lebanon has been exposed to for more than a year, which now requires the election of a president of the republic as quickly as possible, who is able to gather most of the Lebanese around him and enjoys credibility. In exercising its powers based on the Constitution, and cooperating with other officials, to get Lebanon out of its multiple crises and problems, and to advance the state again.

The source points to political calculations and interests of this or that party, which constitute the essence of the complex and difficulties that obstruct the election of Army Commander General Joseph Aoun to the presidency, under the pretext of his need for a constitutional amendment as he is a first-class employee, while everyone knows that the reason for the objection and rejection of this candidacy is purely political. It stems from the reality of political division, disagreements, and the expansion of influence, which led to the disruption of the presidential elections more than two years ago, and constitutes a desperate attempt to maintain methods of hegemony and monopolization. In the presidential elections that prevailed previously, despite the internal and regional changes, after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, which turned the political reality upside down. Therefore, when the political will is present, the issue of constitutional amendment can be skipped, as happened in the election of the former President of the Republic, Michel Suleiman, in the spring of the year. The year 2008.

On the other hand, the source considers that the mediations and external efforts taking place by the ambassadors and delegates of the Five-Year Committee, and the political tensions, to support the candidacy of General Joseph Aoun, and to overcome the objections of those who reject his election as President of the Republic, especially by the Shiite duo and the Aounist movement, are incomparable to the efforts and interventions made by them. These countries, especially the United States of America and France, recently reached a ceasefire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel, with their strict conditions on The party, and the obligations imposed on it, are much less than that, which indicates that reaching an agreement to secure the election of Aoun as President of the Republic is less difficult and that it is possible to convince most of the political parties to elect him in the end.