Lebanon to poll Christians on choice for president

The leaders of Lebanon's main Christian factions have agreed on a proposal by Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun to poll Lebanese Christians on their favored presidential candidate.
Lebanese oppositon Christian leader and head of the Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun (C), accompanied with his parliamentary bloc, speaks during a news conference, after meeting Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, during the start of the two-day parliamentary consultations to choose a new prime minister, January 24, 2011. Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said Monday he will not take part in a government lead by Hezbollah and its allies.
Lebanese opposition Christian leader and head of the Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun (C), accompanied with his parliamentary bloc, speaks during a news conference after meeting Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, during the start of the two-day parliamentary consultations to choose a new prime minister, Jan. 24, 2011. - REUTERS/ Mohamed Azakir
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Ever since the presidential vacuum started on May 25, 2014, Lebanese Christian political circles seem to be striving to find an innovative solution to the crisis. Their latest effort is a joint political-ecclesiastical proposal to poll Lebanon’s Christian communities on the Maronite candidate that would garner the largest proportion of supporters among Christians.

Talk of the idea first emerged during a May 15 press conference held by the leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, Michel Aoun, who put forth a number of proposals to overcome the presidential vacuum. Amid the proposals was a general public opinion poll to identify the person with the greatest Christian popular support.

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