Aoun: Hybrid Law Shames Its Advocates, Govt. Stealing Funds, Distancing Itself from All Concerns
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Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Thursday slammed any hybrid electoral law that mixes proportional representation and the winner-takes-all system, criticizing the government for “distancing itself from everything.”
“The entire Lebanese entity is suffering and today you are demanding your rights (new wage scale), but our eye is on the country as a whole,” said Aoun during a ceremony held by FPM's teachers to commemorate Teacher's Day.
“It is the government of no-decision and self-distancing. We are in the government and we have 10 ministers, but the minister has the lowest number of powers. The minister suggests, but the prime minister is the one who signs and he's capable of blocking the minister's decision and the same applies to the president,” Aoun added.
Putting the blame on the government, Aoun said: “Many people ask us why don't you fulfill what is mentioned in your political platform, and we hereby declare that the state is distancing itself from the administrative appointments, the decisions and all the concerns.”
“The officials in power are not worthy of being in power and they are the chronic disease that has generated problems and accumulated them since the '90s until today,” the FPM leader charged.
Commenting on the growing influence of Sunni Islamist groups in some regions, Aoun added: “They have isolated some areas in Lebanon and allowed Takfiris to accuse us of apostasy in a blatant disrespect of our beliefs. Do we have another political system now that is based on the blocking of roads? The self-distancing government has failed to protect our dignity.”
“It has become a government for stealing public money and we have had no growth since the '90s until today and borrowed money was used for construction,” Aoun added.
Turning to the issue of the electoral law, Aoun said: “They drafted the Taef Accord, distributed powers among each other and stripped the president of his powers, but they created a balance in parliament. However, the result was robbing Christians of their rights.”
“When we said that Article 24 must be implemented and equal (Christian-Muslim) power-sharing must be preserved, we found two solutions – the Orthodox law and the law based on a single electoral district – but they came up with a hybrid law … This solution shames its advocates,” Aoun added.
Lashing out at centrist politicians, Aoun asked rhetorically: “What does a neutral or centrist politicians stand for? We Christians should throw out centrists. Expel anyone who tells you he's neutral or centrist and say enough with pretentiousness to anyone who says he's independent."
07 March 2013, 22:41
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WOW! only in Lebanon someone would cheer and support a person who says things like "We Christians should throw out centrists. Expel anyone who tells you he's neutral or centrist and say enough with pretentiousness to anyone who says he's independent."
someone really needs to sit down with this guy and clearly explain to him the true meaning and value of democracy. Unreal!
07 March 2013, 23:13
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Thank you Judge, Jury and executioner. Looks like someone needs to have that same conversation with you too!
07 March 2013, 23:13
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@FlameThrower
In that same logic you presented, Aoun is nothing but a politician who has been bought no more no less. Well, maybe less but certainly no more.
07 March 2013, 23:25
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BTW- Clearly Harb can be bought and sold, that's why your allies hizballah tried to assassinate him. He kicked your rear ends in previous elections and you knew you could not defeat him. M8 tried to do him what they did to Pierre Gemayel where the only way they could end up winning is by killing him.
I'm not going to sit here and argue with a shill like you all day so go ahead and go make up lies about Butrous Harb and talk up your sellout general. In the end, the history books will not be kind to your employers. That you can take to the bank!
08 March 2013, 00:03
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Flamer- are you saying there is no evidence of your allies involved in the attempted murder of Harb?
btw- here is a bit of advice. When you say things such as "boutros 'neutered eunnuch bending to feltman' harb" that speaks to your character and not the person you are insulting.
Anyway, I said I wouldn’t argue with you all day and contradicted myself so you can have that as a small victory.
08 March 2013, 02:47
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BINGO....where there fagblower.....there is lilfaglee not to far behind. Come on FB....time for a new alias to replace this lame one.
07 March 2013, 23:26
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still soooo funny red nosed clwn our village idiot!!! yeeee piiii! still marvelous comments from you...
07 March 2013, 23:29
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The fags are back with their multiple aliases... They're pitiful piteous, pathetic, Pitiable!
08 March 2013, 00:10
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The Church is suffering because 60% of priests a homosexuals. What did Cardinal Ratzinger do for them? Nothing. What did Karol Wojtyla do for them? Nothing. Jesus was married but these corrupt people are occulting it. Clergymen used to be married until the renaissance begun. That's why today we're witnessing A LOT of acts of pedophilia within the church. I don't care if men do other men, but touching children is the red line they shouldn't have crossed. Capicce?
08 March 2013, 00:31
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Yes FlameThrower you and your girlfriend brucelee are obvious Wahhabis because you are Wahhabiphobes.
Everyone remembers the story of why the Shiite pretending to be Christian under the name Le Phenicien hated Wahhabis, l'oncle Paul has une Belle Histoire about a Saudi chauffeur, a Bhamdoun tramp and mom, and Wiam Wahhab. FlameThrower, brucelee, Le Phenicien were brothers from the same mother.
07 March 2013, 23:29
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where are the audits he kept promising? lol... nowhere...
where are the lists of corrupted politicians he promised to handle to the justice? still waiting for them...
funny how for decades he always repeated and even in front of the US senate that the lebanese gvt was stolen from the syrians not from hariri and now you FPMers deny that... LOL....
07 March 2013, 23:59
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a book is very easy to write poor FT... a book is not evidence anyone can write and invent stories... so your argument about your lover s book is void and stupid...
we are still waiting that your lover gives to the JUSTICE his proofs and evidence so that they can investigate on his accusations... lol! but we are still waiting... til that day your comments are just a pure waste of time and propagandda from a frustrated FPMer...
and i suggest you to read the speeches your lover made in magazines or in front of the US senate and you ll see that he accuses only SYRIA of all the looting and thefts.... and excuses the lebanese who had to cooperate or DIE...and now he accuses them? you see how pure propagandist your lover is?
so you are pathetic poor FT....
08 March 2013, 00:18
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bonanza! another FPM poet here! waw! your level of thinking is very high...
very representative of the level of FPMers...
08 March 2013, 00:22
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oh! bonanza... seems i hurt your feelings... then i suggest you to read speeches of aoun in magazines prior to 2005 or the speech he made in front of the US senate... you ll see who invents what... but seems you don t want to read it coz it would be contrary to your present propaganda...
so before talking go and read and educate yourself.... it s all public just make the effort to read if you know how to read of course....
08 March 2013, 00:36
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hahahaha!!! typical answer from a 5 year old child.... you are sooo comic bonanza...
07 March 2013, 23:33
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funny how brucepee looks like a frustrated teenager trying to play the big one.... you just deserve our pity and you even don t see how ridiculous and stupid you are....
from now on if it pleases you to play the smart guy go on, you will just have my total indifference at your pityful comments...
you are just a non person, a non existing microbe.... have fun in your pityful low life...
08 March 2013, 00:18
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Law that shames its advocate
http://elasticminds.blogspot.ca/2013/03/ghosts.html
08 March 2013, 02:45
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Ahhhh shat up you are sooooo annoying lilfaglee. Like a child with no friends and we can see why. Everything out of you is so juvenile & classless. Then again who am I to judge you....you do a good job yourself making yourself look like a class act fool! Nabatieh village idiot. Let's see what next to come out this peasant....the same usual quotes for dummies.
08 March 2013, 07:01
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Come on FT. I used to respect that you seemed to have a somewhat balanced approach. You may joke about my Canadian liberalism but atleast I can look past my allegiances to a bigger picture.
Although I am Sunni, My moms a christian and My uncle was a general with Aoun and is sill loyal to him but I can think for myself man.
If he can not look past the HA ministers and the hypocrisy here, he's part of the problem. No?
08 March 2013, 15:54
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Except that we currently have a conservative govt running the country... Glad you ve done your research... To make which point?
08 March 2013, 17:18
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"Lashing out at centrist politicians, Aoun asked rhetorically: “What does a neutral or centrist politicians stand for? We Christians should throw out centrists. Expel anyone who tells you he's neutral or centrist and say enough with pretentiousness to anyone who says he's independent."
So, Aoun has become an extremist since he has no tolerance for centrists--If you aren't with him, you are against him--reminds me of Hizb Iran who says that if you aren't with them, you are with the zionists.
Aoun you have killed your chances for president because a president must become a statesman, not a pandering politician.
