Aoun nominates himself for Bint Jbeil

Former Lebanese army leader Michael Aoun announced his nomination for Mount Lebanon area and he ruled out an alliance with the Christian opposition. This was following his failure to create an alliance with the two blocs of Walid Junblat and Saad al-Hariri.

In a televised interview on Friday Aoun said he is a candidate for Keserwan-Jbeil circle where the elections will be held on June 12, adding that he will alley with "new young faces." Aoun who returned back to Lebanon from exile this month stressed he will alley with persons who share his ideas and calls for reform, adding he will not alley with the trend of the Lebanese Forces led by Samir Jaajaa or with the former Lebanese Preisdent Amin al-Gumeyyal.

Aoun who was expected to declare his nomination for Baabda-Aley circle said he will alley with Talal Arsalan, the traditional rival of Walid Junblat over the Druz leadership.