FPM Supporters in New Motorized Protest from Baouchrieh to Tabaris
Supporters of MP Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement staged a new motorized protest Wednesday evening that headed from the Baouchrieh area to Ashrafieh, a week after organizing a similar demo.
“Seventy cars carrying FPM supporters have headed in a convoy from the Mirna Chalouhi area to Ashrafieh,” state-run National News Agency reported.
It said the protesters distributed leaflets explaining their demands and grievances.
“I'm Christian, I won't accept to be marginalized, I won't accept a puppet president who has no say in the equation, I won't accept an electoral law that quashes my representation, and I won't accept submissive leaders... Together we can regain our rights,” the leaflet says.
Speaking to LBCI television, the FPM's universities official said the movement's protests are “spontaneous and not confined to a certain time or place.”
Wednesday's move comes a week after FPM leader MP Michel Aoun told reporters that protests would be suspended in the week before Eid al-Fitr, which will likely be marked on Friday.
Aoun's remarks followed a stormy cabinet session and violent street protests that left several FPM demonstrators and army troops wounded.
The cabinet session witnessed a heated debate on the government's mechanism of taking decisions in light of the presidential vacuum. The parties agreed to continue the thorny debate in a session that will be held after Eid al-Fitr, with Prime Minister Tammam Salam promising that it would be the first item on the agenda.
“Today was a historic day for us and we're still at the beginning of our movements. We will regain everything that they usurped from us,” said Aoun after the session.
Days before the explosive cabinet meeting, Aoun had called on his supporters to prepare for rallies to regain what he described as the “Christians' rights.”
His supporters began preparing to stage anti-government rallies after the cabinet failed to discuss the appointment of high-ranking security and military officials.
The FPM chief has been lobbying for the appointment of Commando Regiment commander Chamel Roukoz, his son-in-law, as army chief.
Y.R.
16 July 2015, 13:43
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Hahahaha I know, they had to import so many commies, qawmis, baathists and even hezballah chipped in with some place holders to fill the void left by the ones who left ;)
16 July 2015, 14:04
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Let us stop for one second. TOGETHER we regain the Christian rights? Where do these people live?
Is the road to reach majless el newab to elect the Christian president after 1+ year is via Qalamoun and thru Halab? How about qahwaji for president and roukoz army chief. Will that make us TOGETHER we regain our strength?
16 July 2015, 14:40
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No Fares Said for president & keep Qahwaji so you feel strong ya christian inta aiii?!
16 July 2015, 11:33
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“I'm Christian, I won't accept to be marginalized, I won't accept a puppet president who has no say in the equation, I won't accept an electoral law that quashes my representation, and I won't accept submissive leaders... Together we can regain our rights,” the leaflet says.
Tell your stupid thugs at the FPM to go elect a president instead of this pathetic tsunami! And who ever is deleting comments must be an FPM thug as well.
15 July 2015, 23:16
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"good-minded citizens" ie the juveniles and the unemployed deadbeats right ;)
15 July 2015, 23:36
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Last time they were a few hundred ...and a manipulated photoshop by Kanaan, immediately denounced on MTV...let us see how fewer and fewer the Christian popularity of the caporal is becoming...
16 July 2015, 05:44
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you bless aoun while you live in the comfort and safety of the USA?
16 July 2015, 06:23
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With friends like NapoAoun & Nasrallah, the Lenanese don 't needs enemies
16 July 2015, 06:43
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no min-canada Assad is not President of Lebanon but he is an ally of Lebanon and we do certainly not want you wahabis to take over the country. Which is the reason for this crisis to begin with.
Riyadh have no place in Lebanon, plain and simple.
16 July 2015, 06:45
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By the way min-canada no Christian in Lebanon will be safe if your so called "moderate" nusra rebels takes over. You have lost popularity, the wahabis are not as clever as they once was. Must be the death of King Abdollah that weakened your intelligience.
16 July 2015, 12:45
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Mr. Loghat called and he wants to kill himself after reading your bad English. Please comment in Arabic if you can't do it in English.
16 July 2015, 15:59
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“I'm Christian, I won't accept to be marginalized, I won't accept a puppet president who has no say in the equation, I won't accept an electoral law that quashes my representation, and I won't accept submissive leaders... Together we can regain our rights,” the leaflet says. Aoun is neither Christian nor Lebanese, he is a member of the Free Masons whose job is to eradicate the role of Christians in Lebanon. Countries like Israel and others will be happiest when Christian participation is gone, then they'll have another Yemen to treat like sheep. Aoun's sheep can do all they can, their leader was neither ideology nor school of thought, he is just a repeat failure, if 70 cars, wlak 700 cars he can get, then Aoun is now well past it, I meant viability. Aoun, c'est fini, adieu.
