Disputes between leader of the Free Patriotic Movement Jebran Bassil and Deputy Speaker and FPM official Elias Bou Saab have ended with a rift two years after murky ties between the two. Bou Saab is not the first to be eliminated from the party. Bassil eliminated several prominent officials from the party in recent years. Bou Saab was a prominent figure of the FPM and adviser to former President and founder of the FPM, Michel Aoun.