Source: Leaders with Al-Azm threaten to split in the event of the renewal of Al-Halbousi
Source: Leaders with Al-Azm threaten to split in the event of the renewal of Al-Halbousi
2021-12-30
An informed source revealed, on Thursday, that a number of leaders of the Al-Azm Alliance threatened to split if the renewal of the former Speaker of Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, was approved.
The source said that “big divisions witnessed by the Azm coalition after information that a number of leaders and members of the coalition pledged to al-Halbousi to vote to elect him as Speaker of the House of Representatives for a second term.
The source added, “Secret agreements took place between a number of leaders of the Azm Alliance, and he submitted to the project of retaining al-Halbousi’s position in exchange for the latter’s assignment of senior positions to leaders and representatives of al-Azm.”
He pointed out that “Al-Azm Alliance is experiencing a great competition between its leaders that may overthrow its cohesion before the first session of Parliament, and the same is true for the Progress Alliance,” stressing that “the desire of the Azm leaders with not renewing Al-Halbousi, despite the continuous dialogues, has not yet led to agreements regarding the distribution of positions.”
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