Shabtini: No President before Iran-U.S. Deal, Hizbullah Clinging to Arms for Self-Defense
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Minister of the Displaced Alice Shabtini has noted that Lebanon will not have a president before Iran and the United States reach a final nuclear agreement, as she pointed out that Hizbullah is “clinging to its arms because it is defending itself.”
“There is no possibility to elect a president before an agreement is reached between Iran and the U.S.,” Shabtini, who is one of three ministers loyal to ex-president Michel Suleiman, said.
“Iran is obstructing the presidential vote because it wants the election of a president who approves of its policies so that he does not disarm Hizbullah,” the minister added in excerpts of an interview with al-Liwaa newspaper that will be published in full Monday.
Shabtini said Free Patriotic Movement leader MP “Michel Aoun is backing Hizbullah because they both belong to minorities,” noting that “Hizbullah is resisting Daesh (Islamic State) more than it is resisting Israel.”
“Hizbullah, the Shiites and the Syrian regime are fighting a battle to defend their existence and Hizbullah is clinging to its arms because it is defending itself,” the minister went on to say.
“It is okay for Hizbullah to have its weapons, as it has not used them domestically, and how would we defend Lebanon if both the army and the resistance do not have weapons?” Shabtini asked.
Commenting on the security plan that got underway in a number of Lebanese regions, the minister said: “If Hizbullah approves of the security plan, it will be implemented in Dahiyeh, since it is stronger than the state and the army.”
As for the mechanism of cabinet's work in the absence of a president, Shabtini noted that “ever since the government was formed, we have agreed that decisions must be taken through consensus.”
“But this does not mean unanimity,” she clarified.
“The vetoes of certain ministers would be accepted if there are serious reasons, not personal motives and political disputes,” Shabtini added.
Lebanon has been without a head state since May 2014 when the term of Michel Suleiman ended without the election of his successor. Ongoing disputes between the rival March 8 and 14 camps have torpedoed the elections.
Differences between the ministers over the cabinet's mechanism prompted Prime Minister Tammam Salam to suspend sessions in the past two weeks giving way for the cabinet members to reach an agreement on the formula.
The sessions resumed on Thursday.
Y.R.
08 March 2015, 16:55
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Tayeb okay, now find a President that can accept the Resistance like Gen. Aoun, then we can all continue.
08 March 2015, 17:50
74
There is no democracy around here, the people are not voting. Taef agreement is based on secterianism.
08 March 2015, 17:52
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You know about democracy? which democracy? the democracy you posted against where the people vote for pres?
that democracy?
09 March 2015, 05:24
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HA arms are to prevent the Christians from exercising their rights under Taef and the General is sold out to failitate that ...... F.T. told me so.
08 March 2015, 17:25
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I formed a resistance in my village when I was 10 yrs old, any kids who approached my streets, theyhad to abide by my rulings and kiss the ring, otherwise I stormed them with rocks and air guns at the time. Is this the country you want to live in? Have a state within another state, tap and listen on my phone calls because you are the resistance and only you know it better and call the shot on who is the enemy of the state. You are a part of the game but not the judge. Try to get that into your head.
09 March 2015, 10:51
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did you sacrifice yourself when kids from the other neighborhood came to massacre your and take your houses? sounds like you were a bratty bully, not a resistance.
ps: nobody else than the STL, m14 and their tool rifi tried to tap on everybody's phone calls.
08 March 2015, 17:58
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A real deserving president wouldn't accept a foreign group pulling strings. Aoun is only "accepting" because if he speaks ill of your revolutionary guards, it's his family that pays the price: Memorandum of "understanding" very democratic!
08 March 2015, 18:01
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You just lied once more...do you have no shame?
or your hatred allows you to lie so blatantly .
The only leader who suggested to allow the Lebanese people to vote directly was the General...you disagreed.
now tell us headbanger....who is waiting for outside influences?
lol @ m14ers getting very desperate indeed..bigger & bigger lies
08 March 2015, 18:03
43
Assuming I'm M14, that's a laugh, and coming from yet another foreigner? greater laugh. How are you your eminence? I see you're getting your usual ego fill for the evening.
08 March 2015, 18:04
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No, I'm merely slapping you around..not so hard when your lies stick out like a sore thumb.
08 March 2015, 18:07
43
Right lol, enjoy your throne your highness, I'm sure you feel quite special today. Here's what you're seeing here folks, Iranians and an Australian who has never been to Lebanon yelling at a genuine Lebanese....kinda like what Hezbullah do on a routine basis. Foreigners pushing on natives of the land :).
08 March 2015, 18:08
84
Yes I'm Australian but you're no Lebanese.
But I am still entitled to show up your blatant lies.
not that hard I must say..you're a compulsive liar.
08 March 2015, 18:12
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You no longer could debate the lies you started I see, so now you moved to your BS tactic of distortion.
oh well ..distort away m14er..I'm sure the Guest distorters will arrive soon to help you distort some more.
lol@ failed m14ers
08 March 2015, 18:15
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Coming from an arrogant foreigner who has never been here, you wouldn't get it. I could care less about M14 or your precious M8. You clearly have no clue how it works here, yet you were the one who began insulting, nice work with the NPD.
08 March 2015, 18:17
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No one needs to insult a liar like you..you do a perfect job all by yourself.
Now learn who offered the Pres be elected by the vote of the Lebanese people directly with no outside influences & who refused & is awaiting outside orders.
move along liar.
08 March 2015, 18:23
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ISIS and HA are garbage, you're so pre-programmed, I wonder who influenced you ;)
08 March 2015, 18:24
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Facts headbanger...only allow facts to steer your course.
not lies as you have demonstrated so clearly.
08 March 2015, 18:27
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I'm sure, not only do you have a severe NPD, but also psychiatric splitting, I really hope you get the proper treatment. "Facts" lol and who begain insulting whom? I'm dealing with a spoiled brat here, did I "insult" your buddies?
08 March 2015, 18:30
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No you lied...you're a compulsive liar..all I did was refute your lies
so far you have done absolutely nothing to defend your lie because you know I toasted you with some simple truths.
now you resort to what m14 know best,...distortion.
pfft @ failed m14 liars.
08 March 2015, 18:32
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Always have to have the "Last word" huh? I hope you're happy with your ego boost for the day :) Rest on your throne down in Australia with pride knowing you "know" better than the people who are genuinely from here :)
08 March 2015, 18:34
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I only intend on showing this forum & the readers what a habitual liar you are.
You lied , I refuted it...now you're crying about it.
tissue?
08 March 2015, 18:37
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Where did I lie? All they see is a poor soul from Australia with NPD going off as if he knows all. And no, I'm not "crying" but whatever makes you feel special my foreign friend :)
08 March 2015, 18:41
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lol & you think others need help?
G8 debating skills on show from m14ers once again..they start a lie then you refute it, then for the next hour they go on about anything & everything except what was refuted.
pfft
08 March 2015, 18:44
32
More M14 assumptions, the psychiatric splitting is strong in this one.
08 March 2015, 18:49
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since you're the sane one in this debate, why have you avoided the lie you started? simple ...you have been TOASTED !
Let me give you some free advise headbanger...when you lie, your debate becomes very weak as is most evident here.
you won;t need to distort & cry about it if you learned to stop telling lies.
ok sane headbanger?
08 March 2015, 18:51
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It's a bigger fact than you can ever comprehend my Aussie friend, I'm not gonna debate with a poor egocentric foreigner about things he knows nothing about.
08 March 2015, 18:53
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another lie...if what you claim resembled an ounce of truth, you would not be replying with such dedication....but your replies is not of the debate which you got toasted on, so you moved it to distortion.
move along liar.
08 March 2015, 18:55
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Ok my foreign and easily influenced friend. I hope you get the proper treatment you sorely need. Enjoy your throne ;)
08 March 2015, 18:57
53
no problem my Isis lover friend.. try not to lie though.
today you got toasted because of your lies...
08 March 2015, 19:06
32
Whatever floats your boat my foreign and easily influenced friend with a sorely needed therapy. ISIS and HA are both garbage, try to break beyond your psychiatric programming and assumptions, it's entertaining yet I feel incredibly sorry for you at the same time.
08 March 2015, 19:10
53
You still avoid the lie you started ...why?
tell us who asked for the Lebanese to vote directly & elect a Pres with no outside influence & who refused it?
you claimed Aoun wants outside influence.. answer the first part & you will see your nothing but a liar.
08 March 2015, 19:12
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His devotion to the outside influence is enough, now please carry on with your ranting, or go to bed, it's late over there...wow that's sad.
08 March 2015, 19:14
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So you can;t answer the question ?
as I thought...you;re nothing but a liar who thrives on hate & lies.
08 March 2015, 17:04
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loyal to a failed ex President....enough said.
move along your irrelevance !
08 March 2015, 17:28
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Ex is failed because in his last days he told the truth that hizbollah is sticking to the wooden game? You see anyone who says the truth is always failed and evil in your eyes. The president was ok when hizbollah ate lunch in Baabda and signed the treaty not to interfer in foreign wars as in Syria. Then when assad and Iran ordered you to help them, the president became a failed one.
08 March 2015, 17:51
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wrong cedar, in fact very wrong.
I posted from day one he was a failure...from the day he came to be Pres which was against the constitution right to the end where he shackled the LAF's hands.
but honesty is not what I expect from you or any m14er.
08 March 2015, 20:08
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If you believed what you posted Gabby, then why not allow the Lebanese people to vote directly & remove any possible outside interference?
oh hold on it was the General who proposed making it just for the Lebanese
& it was Geagea & m14 who refused it...so do you Gabby.
Only the General has given Lebanon the purest option of electing a Lebanese President by Lebanese...yet you m14ers oppose it & then whine about outside interference.
pfft
08 March 2015, 20:11
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Ok there buddy, wow it must be late there, guarding on your throne from down under.
08 March 2015, 20:35
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"why not allow the Lebanese people to vote directly & remove any possible outside interference?"
you know perfectly well that it is impossible... just a populist wish
