Vice President of the Kataeb Party George Jreij declared on Monday that Hezbollah wants a president that covers resistance’s back, saying that Head of Marada Movement Sleiman Frangieh was granted the confidence.

“We, as Kataeb Party, seek a president who protects the country and build a State. Hezbollah’s presidential candidate will definitely protect the resistance’s weapon and he will be elected on its terms while the other candidate will be elected freely without any term nor restriction,” Jreij said in an interview with Voice of Lebanon radio station.  

He pointed out that the position on Frangieh was not personal but rather a rejection of the party that protects his candidacy.

“Frangieh will protect Hezbollah's weapons, while the opposite candidate, whether Michel Moawad or any other candidate, will prioritize legitimate weapon. The Shiite duo said that Beijing agreement was concluded in favor of Hezbollah in Lebanon, and that in the end the sovereign team will elect Frangieh. The lesson of the past six years was so harsh that whoever acquiesced in 2016 would not repeat the mistake,” he stated.

"What is required today is to move to Plan B, because the goal is not to deliver the person nor the name, but to elect any candidate agreed upon by the opposition and who carries the state-building project, and therefore the name has become a detail. There is no salvation except with a Lebanese reformist sovereign president,” he went on saying.