Suleiman Urges Tolerance 2 Days after Politicians Fight on Live TV
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
President Michel Suleiman hoped on Wednesday that the “spirit of forgiveness” would prevail, hinting that Lebanese politicians should not allow their rhetoric to go out of hands.
On the occasion of the International Day of Tolerance, Suleiman said in a statement that “honest and logical dialogue should be the only way to find a solution to problems.”
Such dialogue keeps the nation away from the repercussions of turmoil abroad and helps consolidate stability and civil peace, the president said.
He hoped that “the spirit of forgiveness would prevail among everyone,” urging the Lebanese to prevent the language of dialogue from becoming indecent.
Suleiman’s statement came two days after two prominent Lebanese politicians debating the unrest in Syria exchanged blows on live television.
The fight broke out in a debate between al-Mustaqbal movement official former MP Mustafa Alloush and the head of the Lebanese branch of Syria's ruling Baath party Fayez Shukur on a talkshow on MTV station late Monday.
Alloush called Syrian President Bashar Assad a liar, at which point the two politicians traded insults and hurled glasses of water at each other. Shukur then picked up a chair and tried to hit Alloush with it.
16 November 2011, 14:49
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Mr. President, tells us in public what you think about the killings of Syrian civilians?? Make decisive decisions, you are the president...
16 November 2011, 16:53
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M8 always initiates violence when they lose an intellectual arguement. M14 is always supposed to take the beating and be tolerant.
The best part is that M14 is speaking out and Syria and the Hezz can't stand it.
WE ARE NOT AFRAID!!!
16 November 2011, 17:38
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mr president plse its time that u speak up,hiding behind the baabda palace walls is not an option anymore ,what is the difference between general fakhamto and general aoun? not much, one is an action movie the other is a silent one.
16 November 2011, 18:20
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No one likes what is happening in Syria; however it is non of our business...
The syrian regime has committed crimes against humanity in our country, not it is doing the same in its own country. BUT, what is the alternative? Chaos? is that really better for the people in Syria? Islamic abou Huraira style of leadership? neither scenario is good for Syria, nor for us.
We should wait, and see.. and not get involved. No one should get involved. as for the league of arab nations..it is a club of dictatorships and rotten monarchs that have oppressed the arab world for the most part of the 20th century. We need to withdraw from that league of rotten regimes.
16 November 2011, 19:20
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Assad operates a martial law government, where freedom of assembly and other civil rights are suspended because the nation is under military attack.
Lebanon: is it part of the attacking force?
16 November 2011, 20:51
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For me tolerance is to put those two idiots in Jail...
Period
mrBrain
