Supporters of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) carry flags during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters rallied in Beirut on Friday to support Christian faction leader Michel Aoun's call for Lebanon to elect its president by popular vote to address a crisis that has paralysed government and parliament.
Aoun's supporters waved the orange banners of his Free Patriotic Movement, and listened to a brief televised address by him. Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, another leader of the movement, told the gathering: "We Lebanese want to choose our president."
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