Gebran Bassil

The FPM Will Vote – or Not – to Postpone Municipal Elections

This Is Beirut, 16/04 21:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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On Tuesday, the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, denied rumors of a deal with the Speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri. According to some reports, Berri's Amal movement had asked engineers among its supporters to vote for the FPM candidate for president of the Order of Engineers, Fadi Hanna, in exchange for a vote by Bassil's ...

Gemayel: Berri Is Torn Between Opposing Alliances

This Is Beirut, 18/03 21:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Leader of the Kataeb party Sami Gemayel asserted that Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, whom he accuses of obstructing the presidential election, is attempting to balance his alliance with Hezbollah and his relations with the United States. "Berri cannot go against the Americans, as he has interests in the United States where members of his ...

Lebanese Forces: Christian Unity Requires Common Vision of Sovereignty

This Is Beirut, 18/03 13:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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While supporting Christian unity, the Lebanese Forces clearly stated on Monday that they will not engage with the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) unless it stops supporting Hezbollah. Responding to FPM chairman Gebran Bassil’s call on Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai to unify Christian ranks, the party said in a statement, "We see no reason for ...

Gebran Bassil: Everything and Its Opposite in a Single Day

This Is Beirut, 17/03 21:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Gebran Bassil attended two events organized by his party on Sunday. The first, "Gen to Gen," was attended by young people and FPM executives. During the ceremony, the FPM leader declared that he has no regrets about the Mar Mikhael agreement (signed between the FPM and Hezbollah in 2006), affirming ...

Hezbollah Avoiding Any Argument With Bassil

This Is Beirut, 14/03 10:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hezbollah’s leadership instructed the party’s officials, cadres and its electronic army, not to react to declarations made by the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and avoid entering into debates or arguments with the movement’s leader and “former ally” Gebran Bassil. Hezbollah’s argument is that it is too preoccupied with the battle ...

Bassil Criticizes Former Ally Hezbollah Over Its "Support Front"

This Is Beirut, 08/03 00:16 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In an interview with LBCI on Thursday evening, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Gebran Bassil criticized Hezbollah's military involvement in South Lebanon, in support of Hamas in its war with Israel, stressing that “it is not Lebanon's job to liberate Palestine.”  At the same time, he underlined the "sanctity of Hezbollah's mission ...

Has the FPM-Hezbollah Relationship Entered a New Phase?

Joanne Naoum, 21/02 19:39 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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In a move that brought the simmering divisions between the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and its former ally Hezbollah into the open,  former President and FPM founder Michel Aoun and the party’s current leader, MP Gebran Bassil, denounced Hezbollah’s military activities against Israel in South Lebanon. "We are not bound to Gaza by a defense ...

Bassil Intends to Submit an Appeal Against Mikati for Violating the Constitution

This Is Beirut, 20/02 21:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and MP, Gebran Bassil, is determined to go all the way in his confrontation with Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the government, accusing them of violating the Constitution and taking over the role of the president of the Republic. Bassil announced on Tuesday that he will submit "a ...

An Aounist for President?

This Is Beirut, 11/02 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Qatari envoy to Lebanon Jassim bin Fahd al-Thani (Abu Fahd) did not succeed in convincing the head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil, to elect either Marada Party leader Sleiman Franjieh or Army Commander-in-chief General Joseph Aoun to the presidency.  The envoy spent days in Lebanon during which he met with Franjieh, Bassil ...

Dear Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mind Your Own Affairs!

Roger Merheb, 06/02 17:54 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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It takes a little bit of everything to make up this world. Even someone like Abdallah Bou Habib. The caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs has only one thing on his mind: to accumulate political and media babbling and gesticulation. For some time now, Bou Habib has been letting loose with outrageous and nonsensical statements clearly unworthy of ...

Uncertainty Surrounds FPM's Decision to Participate in Budget Session

This Is Beirut, 23/01 21:11 - Reading : less than a minute

Free Patriotic Movement Gebran Bassil

The Strong Lebanon Bloc of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) has decided to tie its participation in parliamentary sessions and the vote on the budget to the deliberations that will take place during these sessions. Parliament is set to convene on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss and vote on the 2024 budget. Gebran Bassil, chief of the said ...

2024 Budget and MPs' Participation

Alissar Boulos, 23/01 12:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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The adoption of the budget by Parliament may seem like a routine procedure. However, if approved before the end of January, it would mark the first instance of a budget being adopted within the legally prescribed timeframe in nearly two decades. Members of Parliament are scheduled to convene on January 24 and 25 to discuss and vote on the 2024 ...

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