Aoun: I Won't Defend Govt. against Mustaqbal Bid to Oust It
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Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday announced that he would not “defend” Premier Najib Miqati’s government if the rival Mustaqbal Movement sought to topple it in the near future.
Asked about the views he shares with Miqati during an interview on his movement’s mouthpiece OTV, Aoun said: “We agree with PM Miqati that Lebanon’s security is interlinked with that of Syria. We will see if the Mustaqbal Movement will call for toppling the government, but we will not defend it.”
“We will hold the thieves accountable, crimes have been committed. My conscience surpasses the political alliance. I was commissioned by the people and I’m defending people’s money,” he added.
Turning to the controversial issue of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Aoun said: “Why would we put the entire (2012 state) budget on hold for the sake of the tribunal’s funds which are worth $30 million?”
“There is bad performance in cabinet and I don’t know why everything is stalled. The taxation system is wrong and comprehensive plans for everything, such as health and other issues, have been all shelved. I’m not a beggar, these are the people’s rights,” Aoun went on to say.
“How can (U.N. chief) Mr. Ban Ki-moon convince me that world peace is threatened because of the crimes that happened in Lebanon?” he wondered.
Slamming the United Nations, Aoun said “throughout 63 years, we have not heard any outcry from the U.N. concerning the Palestinian people and its plight,”
“Should human rights exist only in Syria?” he asked.
“The tribunal is 6-year-old, so why don’t we wait for another six months to settle its constitutional status?”
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22 November 2011, 22:47
Aoun: We agree with PM Miqati that Lebanon’s security is interlinked with that of Syria. We will see if the Mustaqbal Movement will call for toppling the government, but we will not defend it. We will hold the thieves accountable, crimes have been committed. My conscience surpasses the political alliance. I was commissioned by the people and I’m defending people’s money.
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22 November 2011, 22:26
Aoun: The tribunal is 6-year-old, so why don’t we wait for another six months to settle its constitutional status?
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22 November 2011, 22:22
Aoun: How can Mr. Ban Ki-moon convince me that world peace is threatened because of the crimes that happened in Lebanon?
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22 November 2011, 22:12
Aoun: Why would we put the entire budget on hold for the sake of the STL’s funds which are worth $30 million? There is bad performance in cabinet and I don’t know why everything is stalled. The taxation system is wrong and comprehensive plans for everything, such as health and other issues, have been all shelved. I’m not a beggar, these are the people’s rights.
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22 November 2011, 22:02
Aoun on the electricity plan: We have applied a comprehensive solution and they are asking us about minor glitches.
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22 November 2011, 21:51
Aoun: Throughout 63 years, we have not heard any outcry from the U.N. concerning the Palestinian people and its plight. Should human rights exist only in Syria?
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22 November 2011, 21:48
FPM leader MP Michel Aoun in an interview on OTV: We must differentiate between superficial and real independence. We only seem to be independent and there are no foreign forces on our soil. There is a resistance movement and the threats are still the same. There is ambiguity because we don’t understand what is sovereignty. If we say we don’t want the Resistance we would be losing our cause. On whom shall we rely? The U.N. or other organizations?
22 November 2011, 23:15
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Mr. Aoun is miscalculating the regional developments nce again... On e he bet on Saddam against Hafez and failed and now he is about to make a similar mistake.....
22 November 2011, 23:46
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The check has been deposited for the week therefore Aoun speaks again.
23 November 2011, 00:00
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For Mikati, with allies like this, who needs enemies?
For the man with a crooked eye, everyone is crooked. A thief sees theivery in everyone, whether its there or not.
Aoun is special, he of the crooked eye that is hooked to a dysfunctional brain.
He is now as he was in 1990, Don Quixoti tilting against imaginary windmills. Lached on tightly to the wrong dictator. In 1990, he was fastened at the hip to Saddam Hussein who used to sell weapons to the Lebanese Army from the surplus he would capture from the Iranians during the IRan - Iraq War. Long after Saddam ceased being an American ally and became public enemy #1, Aoun still held on tight so that when Hafez al Assad asked to depose "the little Saddam in Lebanon", Bush I gave Daddy Assad the green light.
Now, 20 years later, Assad is latched on to Assad II, even as he is going down. As happened 20 years ago, Aoun will again go down. Better get the house ready in Marselle France, the visitor is coming back. . . soon.
23 November 2011, 01:13
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The magnificent GMA never took a cent of the people's money , the army's money well that a different matter all together . But he was obviously trying to same the millions of the soldiers he deserted pay when he took them with him and put them in French banks under his and his wife's names never to be heard of again . GMA the only uncorrupted human in the hole world .
23 November 2011, 01:33
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You are finished, and WE are grateful. We'll miss the Tuesday comic show's the most. Hope you enjoy living in Uranus for the rest of your miserable life, where you can reflect on how much damage you did to our beloved Lebanon, you traitor, scum and good for nothing Syrian servant. Killer of Christians.
23 November 2011, 02:26
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Born LOSER!
In 1989 you ally with Saddam Hussein when the whole world is against Saddam = wrong decision = LOSER;
In 2006 you sign Tafahom with the Hezb when most of the world consider them as terrorists = wrong decision = LOSER;
In 2006 you send General Karam to Israel to get support to become president = wrong decision = LOSER;
In 2006 ...you ally with Syria = wrong decision = LOSER;
In 2007...you ally with Iran = you get lots of money but Iran is boycotted by most of the world = wrong decision = LOSER;
TODAY, you have sold your soul and principles to become president, you will never become president, because you were BORN LOSER!
23 November 2011, 02:48
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Born LOSER!
In 1989 you ally with Saddam Hussein when the whole world is against Saddam = wrong decision = LOSER;
In 2006 you sign Tafahom with the Hezb when most of the world consider them as terrorists = wrong decision = LOSER;
In 2006 you send General Karam to Israel to get support to become president = wrong decision = LOSER;
In 2006 ...you ally with Syria = wrong decision = LOSER;
In 2007...you ally with Iran = you get lots of money but Iran is boycotted by most of the world = wrong decision = LOSER;
TODAY, you have sold your soul and principles to become president, you will never become president, because you were BORN LOSER!
23 November 2011, 03:53
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Seriously, at least write some constructive comment. Where do you disagree with what he said?
I'd love to read ANY constructive on Naharnet regarding Aoun.
You guys are seriously pathetic!
23 November 2011, 04:35
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I hope the we the Lebanese will NEVER accept this clown as a president. If he is forced on us by the Syrians/Iranians/Hezbos, we should create a revolution to remove him. Aoun has sold his soul, his karami, his sharraf to get back into Baabda Palace. FASHAR!! NEVER again will he see the presidency. We saw that movie once and don't want to see an encore performance.
23 November 2011, 05:49
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Suddenly even an idiot smells the smoke from Syria. Only a week ago he was saying it would be over the following Tuesday.
ex-proGMA said it best. He will soon need to add to his list:
2011 tried to pretend he is independent in the face of the downfall of ASSad so he could try and cover his idiocy of joining with the Hezz, Syria, and Iran.
2012.....committed to another mental institution. He kept repeating "I want to be president".
23 November 2011, 16:05
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"If we say we don’t want the Resistance we would be losing our cause"
When the LF were RESISTING against Syria in 1989, you had another opinion ya General! You thought the state should be "sovereign", and that only the army could defend us... What changed huh??
23 November 2011, 16:08
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"It is difficult to understand how Syria could have in the first place marketed itself to the world as a stability factor in Lebanon, when the reality is that it has subverted and destroyed that stability! We are at a loss to understand how the world allows Syria to remain in Lebanon when Syria has failed to meet any of its commitments!"
Michel Aoun 1998
23 November 2011, 16:10
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"The Syrians shelled the residential areas and carried out massacres; they imposed censorship on the press and began shutting down some of the media. They assassinated politicians, clergymen, reporters and diplomats. They bombed embassies and chased out virtually all diplomatic missions from Beirut. They kidnapped people, both individuals and groups, and liquidated them. They incited massacres in some areas of the country and executed military prisoners. Many Lebanese nationals remain incarcerated in Syrian jails even as we speak."
Michel Aoun 1998
23 November 2011, 16:13
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"If we say we don’t want the Resistance we would be losing our cause"
When the LF were RESISTING against Syria in 1989, you had another opinion ya General! You thought the state should be "sovereign", and that only the army could defend us... What changed huh??
23 November 2011, 16:19
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"The Syrian regime has halted all bilateral negotiations between Israel and Lebanon, thus bypassing the bilateral nature of peace negotiations. It rendered the prospect of peace between Lebanon and Israel contingent upon the dragging and slow process of the Syrian track with Israel."
Michel Aoun 1998
