When will Bassil run for the presidency?

The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Deputy Gibran Bassil, announced that he is working on finding a consensual candidate for the presidency who is capable of advancing critical reforms. However, he will run for the position if he sees that the chosen candidate is not a good option. Bassil stated in an interview with "Reuters": "I am the leader of the largest parliamentary bloc, and I have every right to be a candidate and promote my name, but I believe that the existence of Lebanon is far more important than this, and Lebanon's existence is currently at stake." He added: "I have decided not to present myself in order to avoid a vacancy and to facilitate the process of ensuring a good candidate is chosen who has a high chance of success. But I did not do this to prolong the vacancy and choose a bad candidate to fill the position. I will not accept to have a bad president, and in that case, of course, I will run." Bassil indicated that he is in Paris as part of a broader effort to create a framework that can be agreed upon locally and internationally to facilitate the next president's task in moving forward with crucial economic reforms without facing the recurring obstacles of the past.