Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah on Monday announced that the Resistance Party supports the nomination of Head of Marada Movement Sleiman Franjiyeh for the presidential elections, stressing that the latter matches all needed candidacy criteria.

Addressing Hezbollah ceremony held to mark the anniversary of the Birth of Imam Sajjad (P) and Abu Fadl Al-Abbas and honor the prisoners as well as the wounded fighters of the Islamic Resistance, Sayyed Nasrallah noted that Hezbollah rejects the presidential void and insists on the two-third quorum for the parliament to convene and elect a new president. Sayyed Nasrallah pointed out that Hezbollah refuses any foreign intervention in the Lebanese presidential elections, adding that Iran and Syria do not interfere in this issue and refer all inquirers to Tehran and Damascus allies in Beirut. Sayyed Nasrallah affirmed that the  Lebanese parties must never wait for the regional and international developments to settle the presidential file, calling for holding a dialogue among the parliamentary blocs if the quorum is not secured to elect a new president. His eminence indicated that that Hezbollah remains committed to its presidential choice till the elections, reiterating that the Party wants the new President is abstain from backstabbing the resistance.

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