The Kataeb Party’s Political Bureau held its weekly meeting chaired by Kataeb Leader MP Samy Gemayel. After the meeting, the following statement was issued:

The Kataeb Party decided after several negotiations that led to the intersection on the name of Jihad Azour as a presidential candidate to ask its deputies to vote for him in Wednesday’s electoral session.

It considered that MP Mohammad Raad's statement affirmed without any ambiguity that Former Minister Sleiman Frangieh is the candidate of the resistance, saying that he carries its program, and will apply it fully so the institutions remain hostage, the constitution suspended, and the decision of the country be the source protecting the arms.

The Political Bureau condemned the treasonous speech and the collusion accusations initiated by Mufti al-Jaafari al- Mumtaz, considering that whoever does not vote for the resistance's candidate is handing over the presidency to Tel Aviv.

It also deemed those words bygone, considering that they no longer fit for usage, as the time of intimidation is over and will not return.

The Kataeb Political Bureau considered that this systematic campaign refutes all the talk that occurred about partnership and participation, saying that this campaign also confirms that the militia logic that ruled the country for the last years is the same, and all the invitations for negotiations aiming to come together were fake.

The Political Bureau called upon hesitant lawmakers to make a decision and be aware of  Wednesday’s electoral session importance that will determine the fate of the country, believing that either the hegemony will be lifted from the country and its people, the institutions, and the free decision, or it will remain where it has reached, drawing in corruption, collapse, dependency, and isolation from the world.