Miqati Holds ‘Ice-Breaking’ Talks with Aoun, Says Parliament Should Stay Symbol for all Lebanese
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Premier-designate Najib Miqati unveiled on Wednesday that he agreed with Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun on the need to take the necessary steps to facilitate the cabinet formation process.
Miqati told reporters in parliament that he held with Aoun closed-door talks during which they “reached an understanding on the next steps to facilitate the task of the prime minister-designate as part his constitutional authorities.”
Aoun has been accusing Miqati of procrastination in the formation of the government. He is also insisting on not handing Miqati the list of his candidates for the different portfolios that are part of his share until Miqati confirms to him that an agreement reached previously between the two sides is now active.
“The meeting with Gen. Aoun was an ice-breaker,” Miqati said.
A meeting was also held in parliament between Miqati, Speaker Nabih Berri, MPs Aoun, Mohammed Raad, Suleiman Franjieh, Talal Arslan and Assaad Hardan.
Miqati told reporters that he visited Berri out of his keenness to see the parliament as a “symbol for all Lebanese.”
“Parliament is the home of all Lebanese and their permanent shelter,” he said, stressing that the legislature does not belong to one sect.
Miqati said he “expressed hope to the speaker that parliament would remain an entity that embraces everyone.”
Berri wants “to consolidate national unity in these circumstances that require from all of us a high level of responsibility,” the premier-designate added.
08 June 2011, 21:33
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"Aoun “promised” to submit list of cabinet candidates to Mikati, source says" That confirms that Aoun and his chicks were the one lying all along when they said that he had alrady submitted the list days ago,
09 June 2011, 05:52
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More B.S. Let's face it guys, the Lebanese government was the subject of a coup that was completed on January 12, 2011. The only problem was that the Lebanese who executed the coup, Aoun and Nasrallah, are not the principals of the effort. They took orders from Syria and these days Assad is preoccupied with saving his own hide to issue further orders and directives to his Lebanese boot lickers. So out of ignorance or fear that they may do something to anger their masters, Aoun and Nasrallah do nothing. They obstruct and block waiting for their master to give them their attention and tell them what to do next.
Only problem is that Assad's Syria is gone, never to come back. Something else will come to Syria that is neither Iranian nor Hezbollah friendly. All those who supported the murderous regime will find no quarter in the new Damascus.
What is needed in Lebanon are Lebanese decision makers. Are there any among the Lebanese political class, or are all of them servants?
