Aoun Calls on Lebanese, 'Especially Christians', to Prepare for Street Protests
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun said Friday that Christians should be prepared to take to the streets soon to protest what he called “the usurpation of all the rights and posts of Christians.”
“We Christians are facing an existential threat because 'the foxes of Lebanese politics' are usurping all the rights and posts of Christians,” said Aoun at the annual dinner banquet of FPM's Metn committee.
“They don't want a president who represents you, they want him to be subservient to the foreign forces,” Aoun added.
He lamented that Christians “are losing more than two thirds of the parliamentary seats due to an electoral law that violates the Taef Accord, which stipulated equal parliamentary seats and proper representation.”
“We will not leave our country, we will not emigrate, and we will not settle for words,” Aoun stressed.
“What happened in the cabinet yesterday and what might happen next week require a forceful response from us and our dignity is bigger than the crisis,” the FPM leader added.
He said “all Lebanese, especially Christians, are invited to take to the streets.”
“You will know the nature of our action next week,” Aoun added.
Noting that the coming week “will witness a major transformation in Lebanese politics,” the FPM leader told supporters that he is not asking for “money or blood” but rather a “popular will.”
Aoun's remarks come in the wake of a stormy cabinet session that witnessed arguments among ministers on several controversial issues.
The cabinet sessions had been suspended for more than three weeks over a dispute over the appointment of top security and military chiefs.
The FPM leader has been lobbying for political consensus on the appointment of Commando Regiment chief Brig. Gen. Chamel Roukoz, his son-in-law, as army chief as part of a package for the appointment of other top security officers.
Prime Minister Tammam Salam has rejected claims that he is suppressing some parties in the government, warning them not to challenge him.
Salam reiterated in remarks to al-Liwaa newspaper that no party can impose its stance on others. “The opposition of five ministers does not abolish the support of 18 others who voted on the decree to export” agricultural and industrial products.
The decree was passed despite the objection of the ministers of the FPM, Hizbullah and the Tashnag Party, who stressed that no issue should be discussed until the appointments of high-ranking military and security officials were made.
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04 July 2015, 00:52
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“We Christians are facing an existential threat because 'the foxes of Lebanese politics' are usurping all the rights and posts of Christians,” said Aoun at the annual dinner banquet of FPM's Metn committee.
- It's funny he could even suggest that he's not one of the foxes of Lebanese politics. Usurping the rights and posts of Christians? Lol who's boycotting again? Who always demands his sons-in-law to be appointed to various posts?
04 July 2015, 00:53
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Sure. The difference is that Geagea, Gemayel and the other Christians don't stand in front of the microphone every Tuesday and scream at the camera that they represent the Christians and want to name the President, the Army Commander, the judges, and everything in between.
And thanks for the personal attacks. I can't expect anything less from your people. Don't you have a car to jack or a neighbour to beat up?
04 July 2015, 01:02
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Go chant some lebayka ya nosrollah and cheer for supprem leadder...
Retard...
04 July 2015, 01:10
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To satisfy his mega-ego he is calling for people to come massively to support him. I bet you there won't be a lot of Christians but plenty of Ebola people pretending they are Christians....may be they will convert when they see saint Micho...
04 July 2015, 02:42
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Aoun is for sale to the highest bidder, just like all of our dear leaders. Pls. don't be so naive.
04 July 2015, 02:46
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There's a lot to protest for sure, starting with the fact that we don't have true political representation- just bunch of thieves who seek only their personal self interest and sprinkle a few crumbs here and there to make sure they have a following. I'm the first to protest- but Aoun couldn't care less about Lebanon- he even wanted to block the aid going to the agricultural sector today. Someone has pulled the wool over your eyes, my friend.
04 July 2015, 02:47
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No I don't- but also don't see any credible alternative being offered at the moment. And Aoun's behaviour is certainly not in keeping with democratic principles!!!
04 July 2015, 03:26
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it is also perfectly normal to insist on having your son in law as minister and another one as commander of the army and flamethrower considers this as the height of democratic practice;)
04 July 2015, 06:49
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God bless General Aoun, the greatest hero Lebanon has ever known. These protests are long overdue.
04 July 2015, 07:02
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Labayka mon General
I will be there whenever you call for it for the sake of my cross and my mother Mary
04 July 2015, 08:26
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مقتل 8 عناصر من ميليشيا حزب الله وإصابة 13 آخرين خلال الاشتباكات مع الثوار في مدينة الزبداني بريف دمشق
04 July 2015, 16:56
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who's for sale?
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Jun-20/303082-leaks-reveal-geagea-pleaded-saudi-for-money-to-finance-bankrupt-party.ashx
04 July 2015, 16:58
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if aoun was after money he'd have only one word to say to saudis and they'd cover him in gold and get their puppets in m14 to make him king of lebanon. the reason why there are so many of you trolls paid to slander him online is because they realized they can't buy nor intimidate him, so they resort to whatever lowness they can.
04 July 2015, 17:01
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Remember when geagea claimed he was a lebanese leader and pretended to defend christian interests?
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Jun-20/303082-leaks-reveal-geagea-pleaded-saudi-for-money-to-finance-bankrupt-party.ashx
“Above all, he expressed readiness to do what the kingdom asks him to do.”
Asiri also praised Geagea for holding a news conference in which he defended statements by the Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, who said it was religiously legitimate to destroy churches in Kuwait because the Arab Peninsula should not see a “meeting of two religions.”
