Hizbullah Delegation Meets Aoun: Orthodox Law Must Be First Article of next Parliament Session
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A Hizbullah delegation held talks on Wednesday with Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on the latest developments in Lebanon, most notably the parliamentary electoral law.
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's political aide Hussein Khalil said after the meeting: “We hope that the Orthodox Gathering draft law will be the first article of the agenda of the next parliament session.”
The date and agenda of the session is up to the speaker, who is holding consultations with various political powers, he added.
Asked by reporters about the talks with Aoun, Khalil replied: “We cannot reveal the details of all that was discussed, but we set red lines that should not be crossed.”
The meeting addressed the parliamentary elections, resignation of the government, and the consultations to form a new one, he added.
Present at the meeting alongside Aoun and Khalil were caretaker Energy Minister Jebran Bassil and Hizbullah Liaison and Coordination Officer Wafiq Safa.
The Orthodox Gathering electoral law has been backed by the FPM, Phalange Party, Lebanese Forces, and Marada Movement, who all said it offered Christians in Lebanon best representation.
It has however been rejected by President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister Najib Miqati, the Mustaqbal bloc, independent March 14 officials, and centrist Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat, who deemed the law as fueling sectarian divisions in the country.
27 March 2013, 16:02
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Asked by reporters about the talks with Aoun, Khalil replied: “We cannot reveal the details of all that was discussed, but we set red lines that should not be crossed.”
correct me if I'm wrong here but does that not sound like HA is the boss and aoun must get permission first before making a move?
27 March 2013, 16:34
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FT- It is true I hate aoun but what does that have to do with my post?
I asked a question on what I read. If that is not correct then correct me!
btw- the only thing that has trained me to hate aoun are his actions from time he was handed the keys by Amin until now. No one needs to condition me or train me. I am very capable of doing that on my own. Haven't you figured it out by now FT that your personal insults don't affect me? Now- correct me if I'm wrong about what I stated and let’s have an adult conversation.
27 March 2013, 17:12
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still waiting on the correction. person A meets Person B. Person B states "we set red lines that should not be crossed". Does that not mean that person B is calling the shots?
calling someone trained is an insult, beleive it or not.
27 March 2013, 17:22
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ahhhh- good point Jabal. FT take notes from jabal. that is how it is done!
27 March 2013, 18:22
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Diaperboy go away. 14 year ol punks don't have the right to post among adults. Lilschoolboy trying to sputter politics....lol
27 March 2013, 21:07
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Looks like you haven’t taken enough notes or learned very much but everyone learns at their own pace. No one will hold that against you. You get credit for trying. Keep up the good work.
27 March 2013, 22:31
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Ehab11 : you got an Iranian ip address because he's using the illegal network set by hezb-ebola. ;-)
Un peu d'humour de tps en tps fait du bien!
Salutations à tous.
28 March 2013, 05:57
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Keep up the stupid post. You are using reverse psychology on what you are doing yourself .
YOU are the multiple accounts user .Grow up !
27 March 2013, 16:48
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Leiko leiko! This means that HA is indirectly supporting the LF on this! Ma32oulé? Ma mbéréh kén Samir néshér 3ardon! Lebanese politics are way too funny at times.
27 March 2013, 18:41
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Jabal. This is nabih berri's accomplishment. Istez designed and executed this project so that he can get Aoun and Geagea to agree on a topic which will undermine the M14 coalition (which became greatly diminished due to orthodox proposal.)
Berri did this deal as a favor to Hassan the first so that Hassan I allows him to remain speaker of parliament for yet another 20 years till 2033.
27 March 2013, 18:45
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If what you are saying is true, it would not surprise me a bit! Byzantine politics...
27 March 2013, 18:06
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What's the point? (1) Aoun only acts in the interests of the Christians (not the Lebanese, unless of course only Christians are Lebanese... which some of them really believe!)(2) Hizbullah (the name itself is sacrilege is only interested in the Shiite sect and it's version of supressive Islam; (3) Jumblatt only cares for his aloof sect and (4) the Sunnis don't know in what to believe in after Rafiq Hariri was murdered... SO-what's the point? No one is acting in the interests of Lebanon - NO ONE! Alwaylu li-Ummatin kathurat fiha tawaifuha wa kalla fiha al-Din... Gibran knew what our problem is: too much religion and too little faith in Lebanon. Shame on all of them - who cares who wins? Either a Iranian backward party with a Nazi Christian General or a Western backed Puppet? I would always prefer the puppet to the war-machine of the Shite fanatics and the Christian minority complex Auon, but in the end: Adieu Liban, nothing of you is left..
27 March 2013, 18:37
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Hezbollah spends its time putting red lines. It is tiring to deal with such people.
27 March 2013, 19:05
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I dont think the red lines were directed towards Aoun. I think they are directed against M14.
27 March 2013, 19:59
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I agree with you starsky. We have taken leaps towards a government fearing their people as opposed to people fearing their government. The Middle East isn't quite there yet and we have a long way to go but we, the people, have moved that needle a significant amount with no sign of letting up.
27 March 2013, 20:32
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@starsky & @lebanonfirst
Wholeheartedly agree. While Israel is reaping some benefits from the Arab uprising, notably the weakening of the Syro-Iranian axis, it is by and large a byproduct of the the Arab Spring.
Our Arab youths have freed the Genie from the lamp so to speak and there is no going back. In the information age the days of hoarding and hiding information is a thing of the past. Information is power and now it is available to all the people not a select few. This change is irreversible but will take some time to complete.
27 March 2013, 20:41
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@ the1phoenix
I think many of us share with you the unspoken fear of jumping from the frying pan into the fire so to speak with regards to being freed from HA, Iran and Syria only to face Sunni extremists be them Salafists or Wahabis.
That fear notwithstanding, Lebanon and the whole Arab world were resting on an unstable Top Dead Center and in desperate need of change. Almost every other country in the world is growing and advancing at a faster pace than Lebanon and the rest of the Arab countries. Something had to give. While Tunisia and Egypt experienced relatively little violence to achieve their change, Syria, because of its multi-ethnicity is facing significant violence as the price for the change.
I am not worried about Israel benefiting in the short term because when the fertile crescent reaches a stable outcome Israel will be but a small potato compared to the Arab nations of this fertile crescent.
27 March 2013, 20:56
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For the life of me I can't understand why people can't come to the realization that we can say no to HA, Iran and Syria without having to be "ruled by Salafists or Wahabis" as they state it. Do you really think that people will give their blood for freedom to turn around and hand it back to a dictatorship of a different religion? It's dosen't have to be one or the other. It can be neither. Neither is a choice.
27 March 2013, 21:14
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@ lebanonfirst
Agreed, neither is THE choice.
Some fear Salafists and Wahabis out of concern for Lebanon and I believe @the1phoenix is one of them.
Most others use them as scare tactics in support of HA and M8 especially those Christians who are still smarting from the Sunni engineered Ta'ef accord of the late 80s early 90s.
27 March 2013, 21:43
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resting on an unstable "top dead center"... waow, this is how i always described syria. You must be an engineer lebnan... I always say Syria is on top dead center and lebanon is a pendulum
27 March 2013, 21:48
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Salafis are an imported product to the levant. Lebanese are merchants who are too keen on life to go to extremist doctrines. Forget the salafi scare. If we only let moderate sunnites have their rights, qataris will see no need to finance salafis. With all the humiliating practices of HA, salafis are finding it hard to take foot in lebanon. What if the sunni participate in the government? We will stop hearing of them all together. So forget about the frying pan and the fire concept.
28 March 2013, 01:34
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I couldnt agree more with you the1phoenix. Does this mean you do in fact agree that Asad staying in power and resuming his status prior to the "Arab Spring" would be the worst option for Syria?
28 March 2013, 06:09
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