Aoun Voices Fear of Arab Spring's Effect on Lebanon, Questions 'Sides that are Mobilizing Youth Protests'
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stressed on Tuesday the “rightful” demands being made by civil society protesters over the political reality in Lebanon, adding that he had objected to corruption in the country years ago.
He added however: “We have questions over those who are mobilizing the demonstrators.”
He also expressed his fear over the effect the Arab Spring may have on Lebanon, citing the bloody conflicts in Syria and Iraq and other countries.
“Would the protesters prefer the garbage piling up on the streets or the chaos in those countries?” Aoun asked after the Change and Reform bloc's weekly meeting.
He instead advised the youth to demand the adoption of a new electoral law, the staging of parliamentary elections, and election of a new head of state.
Addressing the youth, the MP said: “If you want power to be restored to the people, then you should demand that the president be elected through a popular vote.”
The lawmaker had on numerous occasions demanded that a new president be elected through the people.
“Only elections can help cleanse institutions,” Aoun stressed.
He therefore called on the youth to join the FPM protest scheduled for 5:30 pm on Friday.
The “You Stink” civil society campaign has staged a number of demonstrations against the country's ongoing waste management crisis, which erupted in July following the closure of the Naameh landfill.
The crisis has resulted in the piling up of trash on the streets as the government failed to find a new landfill.
On Tuesday, the activists stormed the Environment Ministry to demand the resignation of Minister Mohammed al-Mashnouq.
The FPM will stage a protest on Friday to demand “the restoration of Christian rights”, which it says has been usurped by the prime minister in the absence of a president.
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Y.R.
01 September 2015, 17:51
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Aoun: Only elections can help cleanse the institutions... and he said it with a straight face!!! WOUUUHAHAHAAAAHAHAHA!!
01 September 2015, 18:23
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the trash crisis need a trash minister.
the FPM has plenty of those.
01 September 2015, 18:33
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Another Tuesday and another relevant and quotable message from General Michel Aoun
http://sendvid.com/mgdmsnmy
01 September 2015, 18:37
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the iranian paid traitor added however: “We have questions over those who are mobilizing the demonstrators.”
He has the nerve to ask when he himself is mobilized by Iran.
ولايتي يُطمئن وفد 8 آذار: ندعم لبنان أكثر من السابق
بدأ وفد من أحزاب 8 آذار زيارة لطهران استهلها بلقاء علي أكبر ولايتي مستشار مرشد الجمهورية الاسلامية علي خامنئي
وضم الوفد ممثلين لـ"التيار الوطني الحر"، "حزب الله"، "حركة أمل"، تيار المردة، رابطة الشغيلة، الحزب السوري القومي الاجتماعي، حزب الطاشناق، حزب الاتحاد، التنظيم الشعبي الناصري، حركة المرابطون، التنظيم القومي الناصري، حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي، الحزب العربي الديموقراطي، ندوة العمل الوطني، اللجان والروابط الشعبية، الحركة الإصلاحية اللبنانية والطلائع اللبنانية.
http://newspaper.annahar.com/article/263873-ولايتي-يطمئن-وفد-8-آذار-ندعم-لبنان-أكثر-من-السابق
01 September 2015, 18:57
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Mind you we the FPM are not hypocrites far from it. We are men and women or high moral values that are enshrined in our rank and file. We believe in democracy, free elections and freedom of expression.. of course believing in something and following those beliefs are two different things are this gentleman soon discovered..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNgi61AhQEM
01 September 2015, 20:19
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Tric... Man....
I'm really speachless, are u that retarded or just kidding?.....
02 September 2015, 00:19
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Tric Trac is retarded like all Caporal followers...
It is not possible for a rational and normal human being to follow a mentally disequilibrated person like the Caporal of Rabiyeh...
01 September 2015, 22:13
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Bassil tweeted this earlier today, seriously he did.. this cannot be real... BUT IT IS HAHAHA!!!!! He's totally unaware!
http://s8.postimg.org/5x481h4px/image.jpg
02 September 2015, 00:13
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Confirmation donnée par l'ancien ambassadeur René Ala, par les Généraux Fayez Karam, Nadim Lteif, Isam Abu Jamra...
02 September 2015, 13:48
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Aoun is wrong to be antagonizing the protest movement, but he is right when he says:
"you should demand that the president be elected through a popular vote"
This is the only way to reclaim our rights from the corrupt politicians, and even those who dont like Aoun should support this principle, they would then be free to vote for whoever they want.
02 September 2015, 13:50
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yalla n7asib ad ma beddak, but I support putting EVERY POLITICIAN through an audit, unlike those in m14 who just want to audit bassil and forget about the 50Bn$ hariri stole, and the 11Bn$ that the sanioura govt made disappear.
02 September 2015, 15:11
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Claoun is Great!
He wants a tailor maid constitution for him (as if the popular vote was our priority now).
He paralyzes the elections (yes, it's called blackmail).
He gives us lessons on Democracy (as we saw it in his party elections).
And sees in everything an opportunity to talk about his election to the Presidency, or his son in law as Army Commander...
He was not complaining about sukleen when his company (mandarine) was getting loads of money for the Sukleen add campaigns...
Seriously!!?
Retire! Give us a break!
02 September 2015, 15:38
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If people want to follow voting instructions it's their problem, as long as they vote freely. This happens everywhere in the world when this or that party or community leader or celebrity take a position and call people to vote for a certain candidate. This can't be an excuse to deny people their right to vote.
02 September 2015, 15:39
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If people want to follow voting instructions it's their problem, as long as they vote freely. This happens everywhere in the world when this or that party or community leader or celebrity take a position and call people to vote for a certain candidate. This can't be an excuse to deny people their right to vote.
02 September 2015, 15:41
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As for the other issues you raise, they can all be tackled successively, no need to stop everything and bring the whole country to a halt until everything is solved because this will never happen. One struggle at a time is already enough of a challenge.
03 September 2015, 11:35
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assuming you are right about "people abroad" being wiser and their leaders more accountable (which I highly doubt, but for the sake of the argument), what is the solution you propose? deny Lebanese the right to vote? I dont see how this can even begin to make sense
