Saniora Says FM's Arab League Stance on Syria 'Unconstitutional'
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Al-Mustaqbal bloc leader Fouad Saniora slammed on Friday Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour for “violating the constitution” in calling the Arab League to scrap a decision to suspend Syria's membership without coordinating with the president and the prime minister.
Saniora expressed “surprise” at Mansour's call during the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo on Wednesday, saying he neglected the stance of President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister Najib Miqati “in a totally unconstitutional way.”
His call “is a clear violation of the Lebanese government's policy of steering the country away” from the region's crises, and of the Baabda Declaration, he said.
Saniora also rejected Mansour's claim that he was expressing his personal point of view.
“It is unacceptable for a foreign minister to express his personal viewpoints at any Arab or international forum,” al-Mustaqbal bloc chief stressed. “He should be fully committed to the (government's) policy” and not to overstep the authorities of the cabinet and its prime minister.
Mansour, who is close to Hizbullah, called on Wednesday for the "return of the Syrian government to its seat at the Arab League after Arab states failed to resolve the Syrian crisis."
The League, which suspended Syria in November 2011, said at the time the suspension would apply until President Bashar Assad implemented an Arab deal to end violence against protesters.
A year later, the League recognized the Syrian National Coalition headed by Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib as the "legitimate representative and main interlocutor with the Arab League."
“It would have been better for the parties that asked the minister to behave that way to be prudent because Lebanon's ties with the Arab countries have reached a sensitive stage over such policies and the stances of these parties,” Saniora said in reference to Hizbullah.
He added that the Lebanese have had enough “suffering from the damages” caused by several members of the cabinet who contradict the government's policy of distancing Lebanon from the region's crisis, mainly the turmoil in Syria.
08 March 2013, 15:32
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"Hariri was considered as the principal actor in the widespread corruption that plagued Lebanon during the Syrian occupation. His wealth grew from less than $1 billion when he was appointed prime minister in 1992, to over $16 billion when he died. The Company for the Development and Reconstruction of Beirut's Central District, known as Solidere, in which Hariri is the primary shareholder, expropriated most property in the central business district of Beirut, compensating each owner with shares in the company, were worth as little as 15% of the property's value." Wiki
08 March 2013, 17:45
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3a da3satak nehna mchina ou rah ndal mechyiine
don bosco speach
among all other things he said
iza the country X wants to nominate a prime or president let this person be the prime or president of the country x
08 March 2013, 19:31
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funny how M8ers attack the man but not what he says....instead of acknowledging the truth of his words they just shy away...
of course it does not suit their stupid M8 propaganda...
a minister talking on his behalf and not the gvt that he represents opinion is clearly a fool.....but it does not seem to bother M8ers who don t give a damn about governmental rules....
08 March 2013, 21:02
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Saniora it none of your buisness, Mr Adnan Mansour answers to his employer and his employer alone no one else, so Mr Walid Muallem tell us is what Mansour did unconstitutional?
09 March 2013, 03:29
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Firstly, return the billions that Rafic Syria's Mafia stole since 1990 until 2010. Then we shall decide what is and is not constitutional after all the Mafia capos are thrown in jail.
