Edited sentence: A stance which many believe to have severely cut christian support to march 8 alliance, especially when Aoun emerged as the biggest loser in the 2009 elections.Currently the FPM and it's allies have one out of twelve orthodox seats, two out of eight catholic seats, two out of six armenian seats and almost half of maronite seats with the rest belonging to 14 march.Relations between The cardinal and The FPM and hizbullah further deteriorated when the patriarch made an eleventh hour apeal diectly before the 2009 elections renouncing hizbullah and the FPM and warning christians against voting for them.The FPM blame the cardinal for losing 40% of christian support, especially in beirut and zahle where the FPM lost 10 christian seats