FPM on Security Appointments: We Will Go Beyond Cabinet Resignation
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The Free Patriotic Movement warned on Saturday that the party could take other measures beyond its resignation from the cabinet if the government agreed to extend the term of security officers, amid the inability to reach consensus on appointing new figures.
“The FPM could go beyond the resignation from the government if the latter made the mistake (of extending the term of security officials). Our allies have reiterated support to any move we take therein,” prominent sources in the FPM told al-Akhbar daily.
“The FPM's decision is very clear. If new security officials were not appointed, the government is going to face serious danger. It is even likely that there will be no government. We all know that the current cabinet is theirs (referring to the March 14 alliance) and its head is from their camp,” added the source in reference to Prime Minister Tammam Salam.
The cabinet is torn between either extending or appointing new security officials, whose term is about to end, in light of the inability to reach political consensus or two thirds of the cabinet votes on the issue, and the FPM's adamant stances to appoint new ones.
Meanwhile, informed sources told An Nahar daily that “the train of extending the term of security officials will kick off within two weeks, starting with extending the term of Internal Security Forces chief Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Basbous before his term ends on the 5th of June.”
Moreover, Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji's term ends in September.
Media reports had said that FPM chief Michel Aoun is seeking political consensus on the appointment of his son-in-law Commando Regiment chief Brig. Gen. Chamel Roukoz as army chief as part of a package for the appointment of other top security officers.
Roukoz's tenure ends in October 2015.
Aoun has denied that he had made such a proposal.
D.A.
H.K.
09 May 2015, 10:21
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Destroying the institutions. Destroying the Christians for 100 years.
09 May 2015, 10:46
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Einstein said: "there are two things wich are infinite: the universe and stupidity. I am not sure about the universe."
09 May 2015, 11:17
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the stupidity shown by the so called ft is increasing each day :) it is proven with facts :)
I pity him and his family :)
09 May 2015, 11:51
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all those effing politicians all pretend to be "patriotic" but when a party is not satisfied with the gvt choices, whatever the majority, rather than voicing their opposition and waiting for the next elections like in any civilized country, now they just block the country...
it only proves that now Lebanon is a banana republic run by monkeys just into politics out of business and to fill their pockets and feel powerful but the lebanese citizens they just spit on them...
pityful country and pityful sheep that support such people....
09 May 2015, 13:47
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There are still people who believe in the madman. Brainless people, some in my own family, unfortunately, but what can you do? Lebanon should be emptied from its stone-aged population, because they can't see the truth, even if it hits them in the...
09 May 2015, 14:54
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(1). I very much disagree with the FPM's position on this issue. True, maybe on paper things look as they should, but on the ground this is certainly not the case. All these officers must be kept in their place because never in time so few were needed so crucially by the nation. Their mandate must now be looked without any limits till their finish their job which so far isn't done as yet.
09 May 2015, 14:54
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(2). The nation is still under big threat from the Islamist terrorists, Hezbollah because of its inherent forays into Syria still causes one headache after the other, thus internal security must continue in its quest to cleanse the nation from criminality, and lest we forget, the FPM is now more than ever engaged in very high level dialog with the LF over life and death decisions concerning the very survival of the Christians of Lebanon. The FPM must at all costs take stock of being responsible in its decisions and actions, I am in no doubt that if everyone practices patience, soon enough the nation will find itself in a much better position to tackle the issue of senior officers, hence and so forth. One of our top priorities right now is to elect a new president as is being discussed now between the LF and the FPM. First things first.
09 May 2015, 16:38
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Tric, you must have been told that it was Christopher Columbus who discovered the new continent, right?
09 May 2015, 17:12
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This time You are telling the truth : the Caporal is destroying the Cristhians.
09 May 2015, 18:59
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Their only argument they have is that anyone who is against Ebola is a zionist.
But, in which country do exist TWO ARMIES at the same time?
In which country is there an "army" going and fighting in other countries?
In which country is there an "army" pretending it is a "resistance" to keep its weapons and behaves like a "state within the state"?
Then they accuse good and honest people of being takfiris and wahhabis while refusing to see their dear caporal licking the boots of the saudis.
09 May 2015, 21:17
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The usual untenable high ceilings of the FPM, with their two ministers this is a just a bombastic threat with no teeth. If they were serious they would have done it within the last government when they and their allies had the absolute majority and their block had ten ministers including the defense minister who submitted the extensions of the terms. Besides they keep talking from both sides of their mouth, people did not forgot that this
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/176362
came just a few days after this
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/175518
