"Changing" MP Ibrahim Mani Mina indicated that "we are not in a position to issue judgments, but from a political evaluation standpoint, we do not consider former Minister Jihad Azour our candidate as change-makers due to his previous political performance and our stance on the previous political era that led to the current collapse." He clarified in an interview with "LBCI" that "since Azour has been in power until today, we have not known anything about him, he has not met with us, and we learned of his candidacy from the media. While he certainly has experience in the financial and economic sectors, that is not enough." Mani Mina stated: "Hezbollah needs to realize and acknowledge that neither the regional context, the Lebanese people, nor the current structure and formation of the parliament allow for the imposition of Sleiman Franjieh as head of the Marada Movement," affirming that "there is no possibility of his arrival," and wishing that "the matter does not drag on and that there is no reliance on regional changes."