Aoun Refuses Marginalization, Vows more Protests
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Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun denied on Tuesday that he is seeking to paralyze state institutions in an attempt to change the Taef Accord, saying his supporters' anti-government protests will continue.
“I totally reject this conclusion,” Aoun said. “Those paralyzing the institutions are the ones not respecting the Constitution and laws.”
“How would a decision be taken if we don't respect the law, the Constitution and the National Pact?” he asked in an interview published in An Nahar newspaper.
Aoun, who heads the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc, stressed that he is calling for law enforcement, saying “the Pact is the basis of governance in Lebanon.”
The lawmaker said that the recent street demonstrations held by his supporters are aimed at “giving back the patriotic rights of Christians, in addition to his ability to practice them.”
He refused to be marginalized and “not being consulted on important issues.”
Asked if he would react positively to a call made by his ally Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah for the rival blocs to attend parliamentary sessions, Aoun said: “We are discussing it.”
“We are agreeing on a certain formula,” he added.
On his ties with Speaker Nabih Berri, Aoun said the Amal Movement leader is free to back him or not for the presidency.
“I have said that the parliament is illegitimate but it is legal. There is a difference between the two.”
Berri said in recent remarks that he would not back Aoun for the presidency because he considers the parliament illegitimate for extending its own term in office last year.
Aoun also told An Nahar that he did not want to change the government. "There is no possibility to form another one," he said.
Asked if his supporters' latest protests have given consultations on the cabinet crisis a push, he said: “Our moves are escalatory and every time there will be something new.”
Prime Minister Tammam Salam has not invited the cabinet to convene this week after ministers failed during a session last week to agree on any issue.
G.K.
D.A.
18 August 2015, 08:27
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Love him or hate him, the man's got a point. Why is it that 60% of Christian MP's are nominated and voted for by non-Christians? Would fellow Muslims accept this if the Christians did the same? General Aoun is the only person protesting this, and as such he is the bearer of Christian political rights. Even LFers secretly agree with him on this particular issue. Christians must get out of their alley-way politics and agree for once on an issue that affects their very existence in the near future.
18 August 2015, 09:11
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Why is it that 38% of the Lebanese population have 50% of seats in Parliament and the Presidency? Would fellow Muslims accept this?
dear IQ of 7, this is not about Christian rights this is about the Aoun family rights.
You're welcome;)
18 August 2015, 13:13
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Where did you pull the 38% out from? If you want to change the munasafe and the consitution then that is something else. Your obsession with IQ's speaks volumes of your inferiority complex.
18 August 2015, 09:39
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totally totally totally agree with you about the bearer of christian rights.
18 August 2015, 11:14
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No disagreement there. The difference is most of those opposing him do not believe he is sincere in raising the issue for its own sake. Most believe that he is raising it simply to ascend to the presidency using it as a stepping stone issue which he will discard the moment he sits on "the chair".
There are ways to achieve that objective from within the system without all the demagoguery and obstructionism he is practicing. Such attitude and behavior led to a civil war in the past and we do not want a repeat.
If he truly believes in democracy, then let the majority decide and head down to elect a president. After that, raise hell if you wish and fight for the Christian rights and all of us Christians will be behind him - but not like this.
18 August 2015, 11:16
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You see, Aoun's methods are leaving a bad taste in just about e dry sect in Lebanon including at least half of his own sect - Christians.
18 August 2015, 13:15
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If he just wanted the chair then wouldn't it have been easier for him to stay in the M14 alliance? Furthermore, this parliament is considered illegal not just by him, but by the constitution as well. We need a new and fair law first, then parliament elections, and finally presidential elections.
18 August 2015, 16:39
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lqu7- you are incorrect on two counts. First, Aoun left M14 because they refused to make him president. (remember their excuse was that they did not want another general at the helm). Second, if Aoun considers this government illegal then he has backtracked on it due to his alliance with HA. he has been quoted as saying this more than once. “I have said that the parliament is illegitimate but it is legal. There is a difference between the two.”
18 August 2015, 11:34
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@lebnanfirst .. it is not as simple as Iqu7 makes it out to be.
18 August 2015, 13:16
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It is much simpler... The Lebanese must agree to a new and fair parliamentary elections law. The rest will follow.
18 August 2015, 19:24
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@ex-fpm, maybe and maybe not as you say. Whatever it is, the problem lies with Aoun's approach. His demeanor is more like that of a street thug than a statesman and its alienating more and more Lebanese.
He seems to think the road I the residency passes through the alienation of the Sunni Lebanese which in the end dos not do the country as a whole any good.
18 August 2015, 09:28
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hello lebjack
did you know that FT and I are the two most informative and most voted posters on naharnet by two country miles?
18 August 2015, 09:31
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Allah w Lebnen w Aoun w bassssss !!!!! stay tune the tsunami soon :)
18 August 2015, 13:20
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A tsunami of 200 people, LOL. Yalla, rouho ndabo, no one cares about Aoun and his family interests anymore. Except, of course, a few braindead idiots, like you, Sophia!
18 August 2015, 17:00
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Sophia, you'd better buy a good umbrella and a thick blanket because by all accounts winter will come and you won't even notice it came, and why? Because of that Tsunami you still keep in your heart as wishful thinking. Aoun is done and over with, he has marginalized himself by himself, trust me, no one pushed him to shoot himself in the foot, the old grumpy man of your came to believe that he was God, just like his overweight Cleric friend who still can't wiggle out of his underground bunker. Vous etes des depasses, that's all.
18 August 2015, 09:33
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i wonder where you are and how you are dear flamethrower as you lay in pieces and tranquility at your final resting place..... RIP shia hero
18 August 2015, 10:46
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L’arrogance est l’arme des incompétents ; les autres cherchent à convaincre.
18 August 2015, 10:48
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Caporal is terminated. The implosion will take place in a near future.
18 August 2015, 11:34
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there you have it:
الأعور: المطلوب هيئة تأسيسية لاجراء عملية بنيوية للبنان
لفت الأعور في حديث الى “صوت الشعب”، الى ان “”التيار الوطني الحر” ليس في أجواء الاتصالات الجارية لايجاد مخرج لأزمة الحكومة”، مؤكدا ان “المطلوب هيئة تأسيسية لاجراء عملية بنيوية تعيد لبنان الى موقعه الصحيح”، ومشيرا الى أن “الانتخابات الرئاسية مرتبطة في جزء منها بالأوضاع الداخلية وأيضا بالتطورات الإقليمية، ولننتظر كيف ستتجه تلك التطورات”.
http://www.lebanese-forces.com/2015/08/18/fadi-aawar-3/
18 August 2015, 12:18
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And to defend Christian rights the next street actions will star the same handful of aouni children, the fpm leadership hopefuls and thousands of hezballah black shirts in orange shirts for the occasion.
18 August 2015, 19:15
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The mareedman called for massive demonstrations. But it didn't happen. The demonstration in the street was the biggest flop and biggest fiasco and shame....they were about 1500 people...ya 3ayb el shuum...at least they should have been 50 000 not to say 100 000.
I have been repeating that there are less and less Christians following a mareedman who is a dog to Ebola.
18 August 2015, 20:19
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This is the logic this Syrian/Iranian boot licking slave wants us to believe, he becomes president, Bassil becomes the highest raking minister in the government and his other son-in law becomes army commander or we as Christians have no rights, anyone that believes in that family affair kinda logic other then illiterates like Southern, mystic bigjohn and mowaten need their heads examined, you couldn't get your son-in law elected MP representing his hometown of batroun and you claim to represent the majority of Christians, Lmfao.
