Report: Hizbullah Mediated to Prevent Safadi-Miqati Dispute from Spiraling out of Control
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Hizbullah has exerted strong efforts to prevent Finance Minister Mohammed Safadi from threatening the fate of the cabinet over his dispute with Premier Najib Miqati, sources close to Safadi said.
The sources told pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Sunday that Hizbullah has tried to appease Safadi over fears that his bickering with Miqati could spill over to the government and threaten its existence.
Safadi slammed Miqati on Thursday for reportedly accusing him of seeking to take commissions in the deal to lease power-generating vessels.
He told LBC’s Kalam al-Nass talk show that the prime minister should remove him from his post if any investigation proved that he had been seeking a commission.
Despite his scathing attack on Miqati, the finance minister said he still supported the premier in the consolidation of civil peace.
“What brings me together with Miqati is the preservation of civil peace and the country (to prevent) any Sunni-Shiite strife,” Safadi stressed. “It is my duty to continue my support to the government.”
Safadi’s sources told al-Hayat that the dispute with Miqati was not political but was the result of the PM’s “personal” attacks on the finance minister.
15 April 2012, 12:03
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Any charismatic politician in lebanon who has patriotic inclinations i.e thinks outside the sectarian box and extends hands to all lebanese is a serious threat to hizbustan. This is precisely why hariri was killed and why Aoun/ra3i are good for hizbustan: they are just tools not independents. This is also why gaegae is a serious threat to hizbustan's Aoun come election 2013 and why they tried to take him out. Gaegae is a charismatic christian leader that has hailed the arabic spring. This is no small matter in the hizbustan calculations.
15 April 2012, 15:18
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Hitler too was charismatic leader and had patriotic inclinations.
16 April 2012, 01:09
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Geagea was also pretty much charged for treason. Anyway, interesting comparison, Geagea and Hitler.
I would have to disagree though. Adolph didn't dodge a bullet while picking a flower, he was shielded from a bomb by the leg of a table.
15 April 2012, 20:22
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"hitler, an austrian, did more for germany than most germans"... You are a sick man Flamer, no wonder you Idolize the so called party of God.
15 April 2012, 20:30
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This M8 goverment is a circuse, it looks like Hezbollah has their hands full keeping them in line :-)
15 April 2012, 20:59
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Are you talking about Gaegae the murder? Who spent how many years in jail. Just wondering if this is the so called leader you are taking about.
16 April 2012, 10:25
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"Did more for germany than most germans"... you mean in terms of destruction and annihilation of Germany right? Did you see post-WWII Germany?
