Bassil: Aoun eagerly waiting to leave Baabda, resistance can't be strong without state
President Michel Aoun is eagerly waiting to leave the Baabda Palace when his term ends and "then we will return to our nature away from the palace’s limitations," Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil said on Friday.
"The caretaker cabinet is not eligible to practice presidential powers and the presidential vote must be held on time to prevent vacuum," Bassil added, in an interview on al-Manar TV.
As for the formation of a new government, the FPM chief said "there is no hope that a government will be formed" soon, adding that he does not have "any demands."
"We call for forming a government so that we don't enter a full vacuum, " he added.
"The PM-designate has no intention to form a government and he is not exerting efforts," Bassil charged.
Mikati "wants to keep this government because he doesn't want to shoulder the responsibility of three matters -- removing the central bank governor, the border demarcation file and the issue of refugees," the FPM chief added.
Moreover, he stressed that it is Mikati and not the FPM who does not want a new government because he was "the one who visited Baabda and presented a line-up to the president, telling him 'I changed three of your ministers and a I've changed a fourth in agreement with Speaker (Nabih) Berri.'"
Bassil also said that he "will not insist on the energy portfolio in the new government," adding that he has informed France of this.
"We have not held onto the energy portfolio and in Hariri's government we suggested allotting it to Hezbollah but it refused it," he noted.
As for the relation with Hezbollah, Bassil said: "The resistace was betrayed in the July War and I will defend Hezbollah no matter what, because there is a scheme to liquidate it and eliminate it."
"The resistance cannot be strong without a state," he added, criticizing Hezbollah's alliance with Berri.
"We won over Israel in war but we didn't win over it in peace, and victory does not only come through weapons but rather in living with dignity. Why should the resistance be at the expense of the state?" Bassil asked.
"Without a state, there would be no homeland, but rather sectarian fiefdoms," he warned.
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22 July 2022, 22:40
Bassil: The resistace was betrayed in the July War and I will defend Hezbollah no matter what, because there is a scheme to liquidate it and eliminate it.
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22 July 2022, 22:39
Bassil: We won over Israel in war but we didn't win over it in peace, and victory does not only come through weapons but rather in living with dignity. Why should the resistance be at the expense of the state?
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22 July 2022, 22:29
Bassil: Without a state, there would be no homeland.
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22 July 2022, 22:28
Bassil: The resistance cannot be strong without a state.
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22 July 2022, 22:23
Bassil: President Aoun is eagerly waiting to leave the Baabda Palace and then we will return to our nature away from the palace’s limitations.
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22 July 2022, 22:15
Bassil: The caretaker cabinet is not eligible to practice presidential powers and the presidential vote must be held on time to prevent vacuum.
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22 July 2022, 22:11
Bassil: Electricity cannot come through prayers but rather through building power plants.
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22 July 2022, 22:08
Bassil: I call on Sayyed Nasrallah and the energy ministry to request free Iranian fuel and we would have 10 hours of electricity as of tomorrow.
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22 July 2022, 22:07
Bassil: I will not insist on the energy portfolio in the new government and I have informed France of our stance.
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22 July 2022, 22:06
Bassil: We have not held onto the energy portfolio and in Hariri's government we suggested allotting it to Hezbollah but it refused it.
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22 July 2022, 22:02
Bassil: There is no hope that a government will be formed, I don't have any demands and we call for forming a government so that we don't enter a full vacuum.
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22 July 2022, 21:56
Bassil: The party that does not want a government is the one who visits Baabda and presents a line-up to the president, telling him I changed three of your ministers and a I've changed a fourth in agreement with Speaker Berri.
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22 July 2022, 21:53
Bassil: Mikati has no will to form a government.
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22 July 2022, 21:52
Bassil: I warned Hezbollah prior to the designation that this would happen.
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22 July 2022, 21:51
Bassil: Hezbollah has not called anyone over the government.
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22 July 2022, 21:50
Bassil: The PM-designate has no intention to form a government and he is not exerting efforts.
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22 July 2022, 21:46
Bassil: Mikati wants to keep this government because he doesn't want to shoulder the responsibility of three matters -- removing the central bank governor, the border demarcation file and the issue of refugees.
22 July 2022, 22:46
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Shut up, you talk too loud
You don't fit in with the crowd
I can't believe you exist
I've crossed you right off my list
Too much, too soon
You're way out of tune
No class, no class
Way out, you're way out of line
No, buddy, I can't spare a dime
Fade out, baby, that's right
No bark and even less bite
Your perfect smile
Betrays your lack of style
No class, no class
Ah, no class, no class
Too late, you can't catch up now
You face the wrong way anyhow
I know you ain't got the brain
To come in out of the rain
Too bad, no magic
I'm afraid you're merely tragic
No class, baby, no class
No class, ah, no class
- Motörhead
23 July 2022, 02:37
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باسيل يمضي 3 أيام على يخت “صديق” في موناكو
https://www.lebanese-forces.com/2022/07/22/bassil-316/
23 July 2022, 14:15
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lol @ 'We won over Israel in war but we didn't win over it in peace'
23 July 2022, 22:58
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So Bassil admits that his terrorist organisation "fought" a war against Israel and without the permission of the legal government of Lebanon.
I don't know where he dreams that his terrorist organisation won a war over Israel, but it certainly isn't within their hands to arrange a peace with Israel. That is certainly within the authority of the Government of the Republic of Lebanon, whether his cronies like it or not.
24 July 2022, 01:16
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Yes, I remember in 2006 we won the war against Israel. Our airport was closed and under siege; our port was closed and under siege; every bridge in Lebanon was destroyed; Dahieh was in rubbles; and the Israeli army was at the Litani river. Yes, it was indisputable win!
23 July 2022, 20:28
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A scripted and well rehearsed interview designed to appease the Shiite duo's street, pissed at Bassil and co's sectarian racist rants targeting them.
24 July 2022, 15:04
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Bassil: Electricity cannot come through prayers but rather through building power plants
And controlling the ministry of energy for the last dozenish years, how many power plants have been proposed and built.
The interview was on manar, so didn't exactly expect anything intellectual from him or the channel.
