Report: Rahi Has Not Proposed Extension of Suleiman's Term
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Politicians have denied that Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi has proposed a one-year extension of President Michel Suleiman's tenure, the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa daily reported on Wednesday.
The politicians, who were not named, told the newspaper that al-Rahi has not made such a suggestion during talks with al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri in Paris last week.
The denial came in response to a report in al-Akhbar daily on Tuesday that the cardinal proposed the extension after his suggestion on three possible candidates did not receive the required support.
Al-Akhbar said that al-Rahi had proposed the names of former Ministers Ziad Baroud, Deminaos Qattar and Roger Deeb as possible consensus candidates for the presidency.
The officials told al-Anbaa that the March 8 alliance's boycott of parliamentary sessions is a reflection of lack of consensus locally, regionally and at the international level on the election of a new president.
President Michel Suleiman's six-year term ends on May 25.
07 May 2014, 12:10
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If you read well, it's your trash newspaper Al-Akhbar that was lying. "The denial came in response to a report in al-Akhbar daily on Tuesday that the cardinal proposed the extension"
You're a god damn liar FT ! LIke Aoun and Nasrallah ... M8 scum !
07 May 2014, 12:18
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Why did FT's comment dissappear ??? For reference, he was accusing M14 of fabricating this story about Rahi when it was Al-Akhbar. Pure M8 propaganda... a failed attempt at that !
07 May 2014, 12:12
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Lebjack I disagree with you on this one. His Eminence is a major figure in our country, the region and in the world scene, one cannot expect of him to stay quiet on matters that affect us all. The Patriarch has a major role to play and there's lot he's doing to help us get out of our quandary, maybe being so random in our dispensation of judgement would help in creating the space he needs to maneuver. And then don't mind that character Ibin, or Mama Bani Maarouf, that's the best proficiency he's capable of. Now just watch how he'll unleash his drawer babies over me. Lol.
