Change and Reform Urges 'Popular Readiness', Says Presidency 'Not a Battle of Quorum'

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The Change and Reform parliamentary bloc on Tuesday called on its supporters to await a signal from bloc chief MP Michel Aoun to stage popular protests, stressing that the presidency is not about parliamentary “quorum.”

“The presidential battle is not a battle of quorum but rather a battle related par excellence to the National Pact,” said the bloc in a statement issued after its weekly meeting in Rabieh.

The 1943 National Pact is an unwritten agreement that set the foundations of modern Lebanon as a state based on a sectarian distribution of power and the bloc has in recent years accused rival parties of marginalizing Christians in state institutions.

“Unfortunately, tomorrow's presidential election session will be similar to the previous ones,” Change and Reform noted.

“The government of national interest is turning into a government of corruptness and now is the time for popular readiness,” it added.

Lebanon has been without a president since the term of Michel Suleiman ended in May 2014 and Change and Reform, Hizbullah and some of their allies have been boycotting the electoral sessions.

Al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri launched late in 2015 a proposal to nominate Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh for the presidency but his suggestion was rejected by the country's main Christian parties as well as Hizbullah.

The Hizbullah-led March 8 camp, as well as March 14's Lebanese Forces, have argued that Aoun is more eligible than Franjieh to become president given the size of his parliamentary bloc and his bigger influence in the Christian community.

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Comments 4
Thumb ex-fpm 22 March 2016, 18:04

“The presidential battle is not a battle of quorum but rather a battle related par excellence to the National Pact,” said the bloc in a statement issued after its weekly meeting in Rabieh.

We are tired of your fake care for the national pact. The national pact is not tailored to the whimsical wishes of one man. Scandalous shameless bunch of self serving creatures...

Missing humble 22 March 2016, 18:24

Dare to go to parliament and dare to elect a president.

Thumb liberty 23 March 2016, 03:47

Why have institutions, constitution, parliament and security agencies. The FPM writes the rules as they go along.

Thumb lubnani.masi7i 23 March 2016, 08:12

forget democracy, forget your right to have another opinion or the right to choose another candidate, it is all against the national pact according to these retards.