Suleiman Abandons Demand to Include Baabda Declaration from Policy Statement
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
President Michel Suleiman will not “stand as an obstacle” should the committee tasked with devising a government policy statement succeed in its mission, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Wednesday.
To that end the president has reportedly abandoned his insistence to include the Baabda Declaration in the statement.
In light of the recent contacts that were carried out on Tuesday, Suleiman has changed his position on including the Declaration, but he will voice his reservations on the statement, added the daily.
“His ministers' position on the statement will adhere to past principles that were agreed upon, especially the Baabda Declaration,” reported An Nahar daily on Wednesday.
Sources from the committee meanwhile told As Safir newspaper that Tuesday's discussions “were serious,” predicting that the statement will likely be complete this week.
The committee held its fifth meeting on Tuesday, failing to agree on a statement in light of the ongoing dispute over including the Baabda Declaration.
The March 14 camp is insisting on including it, while the March 8 camp has rejected it.
The March 14 alliance has also been rejecting a reference to the “army-people-resistance” equation.
The committee is expected to convene at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
26 February 2014, 08:25
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Big Big fan of March 8 in how they conduct politics!! Making everyone abandon a building block of what could become a national policy for conducting politics in such short time is an achievement, whether we like it or not! A Lesson in real politics...
26 February 2014, 08:58
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Neville Chamberlain too was conciliatory and soothing...
What did he get ? Did it work ?
26 February 2014, 09:43
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I wish that the President would have held his ground on this.
26 February 2014, 11:42
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FT, I do agree with you, M14 can stab in the back, just like Hezbollah and the M8 coalition it leads does. Let's not rejoice, for abandoning this principle means one thing and one thing alone: that we were so close to become a real state, with a solid base to start off with, now we've been constrained to compromise on something too capital in importance, so once again, we've swept the dust under the carpet, as if this will bring us any closer to any durable solution. I believe that we've just un-knotted one more stitch of the very fabric that is supposed to us the nation together. We've further confirmed that we will never learn.
