The Independent Consultative Gathering or Independent Parliamentary Consultative Gathering is a parliamentary bloc in the Lebanese parliament formed in 2024 by four former members of the Free Patriotic Movement's Strong Lebanon bloc—Elias Bou Saab, Alain Aoun, Ibrahim Kanaan, and Simon Abi Ramia.
[1][2] Since Gebran Bassil became leader of the Free Patriotic Movement in 2015, the party has seen a number of resignations and expulsions of senior members.
In 2022 the party expelled MPs Mario Aoun and Ziad Aswad over disputes amidst the parliamentary elections.
In August 2024, the FPM expelled MP Alain Aoun, the nephew of party founder Michel Aoun, and that same month Ibrahim Kanaan and Simon Abi Ramia announced their resignations from the party, citing disagreement's with Bassil's leadership style.
In the January 2025 parliamentary consultations, the bloc, except for Elias Bou Saab, nominated Nawaf Salam for Prime Minister.