After having circulated the news of a meeting between the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, deputy Gibran Bassil, and the former Minister of the Interior Ziad Baroud, and on the possibility that the movement will accept Baroud as a candidate, Ziad Baroud denied this news to “ici beyrouth” of saying: “I have not seen the leader of the movement, Gibran Bassil for more than two years.”.
He added: “I have been the concern of a certain group for several weeks, circulating news made up in the context of Ali’s campaign.”
According to him, the authors of these rumors tried to “distort the reality of his independence in his political work”.
Baroud insists that “in the three years I spent at the Ministry of the Interior, I understood perfectly well that there is nothing hidden in the country”, stressing that he was not touched by “bad faith maneuvers”, saying: “If I had talked to Basil , I would announce it without a doubt. ” But I can assure you that I have not even met an envoy of him. “
Baroud points out that “I have nothing to hide. Whenever I want to meet someone, I do it publicly, as I did when I met the parliamentarians for change”, recalling that he had not decided whether or not his candidacy.
The entire article can be found in French on the ici beyrouth website
