Hizbullah Calls for Overcoming 'Portfolio Rotation Obstacle', Warns of 'Impending Danger'
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Hizbullah on Sunday called for overcoming the controversial issue of portfolio rotation which is delaying the formation of the new cabinet, noting that “some parties had deliberately created obstacles with the aim of targeting a party that represents the majority of Christians.”
“Why is there no agreement on an inclusive cabinet that represents all Lebanese according to their political and parliamentary weights and why should we keep spinning in an endless loop over the obstacle of portfolio rotation?” head of Hizbullah's juristic committee Sheikh Mohammed Yazbek said during a memorial service in Baalbek.
“Is portfolio rotation bigger than Lebanon and bigger than the impending danger that is surrounding it? Can't we overcome the obstacle of this portfolio rotation? Is there a hidden objective to push Lebanon to vacuum?” Yazbek wondered.
He warned all Lebanese that "the impending danger" will only "lead to tragedies and will not spare anyone."
"Let no one have the illusion that they can remain neutralized," Yazbek said, calling on the Lebanese to "unite and start confronting this terrorism and support the army and security forces in preserving security."
The stalled cabinet formation process faced a new hurdle after Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun rejected the rotation of ministerial portfolios among sects and political parties, drawing solidarity from his allies in the Hizbullah-led camp, who have threatened to resign en masse from any so-called fait accompli government.
Meanwhile, Sheikh Nabil Qaouq, the deputy head of Hizbullah's Executive Council, said Sunday that “the problem does not lie in the shares of Hizbullah and the Amal Movement in the cabinet, but rather in the fact that some parties had deliberately created obstacles with the aim of targeting a party that represents the majority of Christians.”
“The core of the problem is that some parties do not believe in real partnership and are renouncing it,” Qaouq added, cautioning that “a divisive cabinet will deepen the problem and further threaten the fragile stability.”
09 February 2014, 17:43
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@Jaafar: It is statements such as this that give me goose bumps (cutis anserina)! Allah Yihmeek Ya Rabbb for always telling the truth.
09 February 2014, 17:54
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Terrorists and murderers who are clear and imminent danger to our present and future.
09 February 2014, 17:55
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funny how hezbis pretend to abide by democracy and want the formation of a gvt...
they do not care in fact because if ever a gvt goes against their interests they take to the streets or block it or disobey it like their adventure in syria...
it is just for their sheep to make them believe they are "civilized" LOL
09 February 2014, 17:59
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The Christians of Lebanon do not need HA to speak on their behalf or who represents them. HA is using Aoun and Aoun is using the "Christians" as always.
09 February 2014, 18:25
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"energy and telecom are vital for Saudi Arabia"
sure saudis need these for their economic development, it is vital for their economy! it is a poor country that needs Lebanon to survive! LOL
don't you reread yourself and the stupidities you write?
09 February 2014, 21:31
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chrisrushlau when did Chomsky become the go to guy on Lebanese demography?
although there is nothing official since 1932 the most recent demographic studies conducted in 2008 and again 2010 by Statistics Lebanon, a Beirut-based research firm, indicate 27 percent of the population is Sunni Muslim, 27 percent Shi'a Muslim, 21 percent Maronite Christian, eight percent Greek Orthodox, five percent Druze, and five percent Greek Catholic, with the remaining seven percent belonging to smaller Christian denominations.
The 2009 electoral rolls tend to reflect those figures.
09 February 2014, 18:03
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I love it when HA "cares" about christians rights. Not long ago, Nasrallah wanted to create an islamist state in lebanon. Today, he is outraged that christians dont have the portfolio they want!!!!
Looooool
09 February 2014, 19:25
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well yes, you are right, it was a long time ago.
However, I would love HA come out and say it BLUNTLY. "The islamist state idea was a mistake. We were DEAD wrong. Islamist state for Lebanon is WRONG. We changed our strategy...."
That statement would put do much for a national reconciliation.
09 February 2014, 18:09
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I am not sure why you think rotation of power is such a bad idea. You have mentioned this on several occasions and on others you were calling for the FPM to retain those 2 portfolios. Rotation of portfolios means in this government for example the energy is given to say mustaqbal or jumblat. For the duration of this government that minister is running this portfolio until the government resigns. In the following government, the energy portfolio will go to a HA minister, etc. and so on and so forth. In general governments should last as long as Parliament lasts. As to the continuity issue that you have brought up in the past, I see it being no different to when a CEO of a company changes say every 4 or 5 years.
10 February 2014, 01:07
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Ex-fpm, I don't recall calling on the FPM to retain those porfolios. My problem with the rotation is the rate of rotation. If we had stable governments that would last 3-4 years, then it would be less of a problem. But with all the ongoing instability in the country, I worry about adding yet another level of turbulence.
09 February 2014, 18:27
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and you're talking???? I did not see you object to Flamethrower's disgusting comments, or wolf's, or josephani, or or or YOURS! Hypocrite
09 February 2014, 18:34
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Southern, I have to agree here, you are a big hypocrite. I would have respected you and appreciated your call of virtue had you done the same when others you believe side with you, spam this site with horrible insults. In fact, I have no doubt you vote them up and encourage them. So no respect for you there dude!
09 February 2014, 18:39
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ice man that was uncalled for. Southern has weird ideas but he is our partner in debate and you should respect him. Please dont call names.
09 February 2014, 19:25
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@popeye
southern boy, ft, wouf wouf, jose belong to ashraff el nass.
09 February 2014, 18:55
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The endless "the impending danger" speech… Go back to Iran and take the rest of your Hizbullah terrorist with you.
09 February 2014, 19:01
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“The core of the problem is that some parties do not believe in real partnership,” Qaouq added… this coming from a militia, that flat out say's their only partners are from the Axis, Lebanese consensus means nothing to them, refuses to disarm and breaks every agreement it makes.
09 February 2014, 19:38
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It is funny reading Qawak's complaint that his partner Aoun is being obstructed from stealing from the ministries he wants by the portfolio rotation mechanism which interrupts the flow of public dollars into Aoun's private accounts. I suppose it places too much burden on Iran to have to subsidize Aoun to the extent that he is not allowed unfettered ability to steal from the Ministries of Electricity and the other one.
09 February 2014, 19:41
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Hezbollah is not even a part of the Lebanese Government. It doesn't need to be. It free-lances its criminal enterprise under the name of "the resistance". Hezbollah does not follow the constitution, laws or policy of the Lebanese government, in fact, it acts in complete disregard for all three. And this guy has the nerve to get in front of a microphone and cry about how the Lebanese political parties are creating instability in the government! How very funny that this foreign entity whose existence on Lebanese soil creates instability points the finger at petty thieves in the Lebanese political class as the source and cause of the instability.
09 February 2014, 19:42
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This guys looks, talk in a secular, democratic and progressist way.. No wonder that compare to him, saad el hariri, moustafa alouch..even khaled el daher apears takfiri in the eyes of our fellows march 8....
Chupachups march 8 guys... Chupachups...
09 February 2014, 19:57
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@jabal10452
In Western democracies, portfolio rotation happens although it is not defined as such. Power rotates and different individuals are tasked with different ministries.
In a multi confessional system like Lebanon, instituting portfolio rotation makes sense in order to prevent any one sect of monopolizing certain ministries especially since the same people end up with the same portfolios. It is in that context that rotation makes sense so that no one sect ends up monopolizing one governmental entity.
I would support rotation in other government posts as we'll be them Prime Minister, Speaker of Parliament and the Presidency.
Only an equitable distribution like this, barring a totally secular approach to governance, can save Lebanon.
09 February 2014, 20:21
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Total Christian MP's in Parliament 64 (100%)
M14 Christian MP's in Parliament 37 (58%)
M8 Christian MP's in Parliament 27 (42%)
If the Energy and Telecom Minister posts must go to a Christian, why would it go to M8 and not to a Christian from M14?
FPM represents 19 out of 64 MP's in Parliament, not even close to a majority. Someone needs a math lesson.
09 February 2014, 20:33
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Very well said people-power… unfortunately math, history and logic are not M8 strong points.
10 February 2014, 03:44
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True that, apparently their strong points are fiction and propaganda
09 February 2014, 20:25
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Ice-man, I have to disagree with you here… what Flimflam needs is a years worth of laxatives to flush all that rot out of his system and a one way ticket to Damascus.
09 February 2014, 21:45
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The supreme guide of the lebanese islamic jaafari republic has spoken...
09 February 2014, 21:51
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Let Every one see what The real Shaytan is: Please see this, Sectarian + no value to what the president and the Lebanese agreed for, The lie they want to fight Tek-Firis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZJ-jeVFVPU&feature=youtu.be&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DsZJ-jeVFVPU&app=desktop
09 February 2014, 22:31
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Hizbullah Calls for Overcoming 'Portfolio Rotation Obstacle', Warns of 'Impending Danger'..............
Good, go ahead tell Aoun to overcome his insistence on objecting to the rotation. You got to love the Red/White/Green colors of the Lebanese flag in full display in this photo.
10 February 2014, 13:18
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Finally whether Hezbollah or other anti-Syrian regime people in Lebanon want to fight in Syria, seriously what can we do about it? Saudis, French and British citizens are fighting in Syria and there is nothing their governments can do about it. And it certainly did not stop the formation of a government in the UK or France.
10 February 2014, 13:18
00
It is time to get a government. The Lebanese need to unite to get their acts together, form a government and get the economy started.
Whether Gebran Bassil takes the Ministry of Energy or anyone else it makes no difference to the Lebanese. All our politicians are still living in Otoman times when a government job was meant to make you rich. Our country is extremely corrupt and it did not start with Bassil.
The Aounists are asking for a ministry, the same way other parties and sects ask for ministries.
Whether we agree with them or not, they are today a major political party in Lebanon representing a vast swath of Lebanese.
Furthemore, rotation of portfolios needs consensus.
10 February 2014, 13:22
00
Time to stop the politics and start working for the Lebanese who are getting poorer every day.
Politics does not put a meal on the table (except if you are politician trading with our well being).
We need a government now!
