Kanaan says FPM still party of choice for Christians

Source: Daily Star, 29-04-2008
BEIRUT: MP Ibrahim Kanaan said on Saturday that the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) headed by MP Michel Aoun still represented the majority of the Christians. Kanaan, in an interview with LBC television, said that according to recent polls, the FPM still enjoys the support of 37 percent of voters in the Metn region. "This reflects a climb in our popularity since 2005," Kanaan said. He said Aoun has the right to run for the presidency. "Every democratic regime with a head of a parliamentary bloc as big as Aoun's has the right to run in the presidential elections," Kanaan added.