Salam: I Will Step down if Parliament's Term is Extended
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Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam stated on Wednesday that he might resign if the parliament's term was extended.
Tammam's decision comes shortly after the parliament referred a draft law to President Michel Suleiman that calls for suspending the deadline for submitting nominations for the parliamentary elections.
"I might step down as the PM-designate if the parliament's term was extended,” Salam told Future TV.
He pointed out: “My stand is in harmony with that of the majority of lawmakers and with Suleiman's stance”.
Meanwhile, Suleiman announced later on Wednesday that he will sign the draft law issued by the parliament.
"I will sign the referred suggestion in order to allow time for consensus over a new electoral law,” he tweeted.
On the formation of a new cabinet, Salam's sources stressed to LBCI television on the need for the new government to be homogeneous among its members.
The establishment of a “heavily political” government will only mean that it will be burdened by the demands of various political powers that will consequently prevent it from properly carrying out its duties, they explained.
The premier-designate revealed to Future TV that he will hold talks with the president on Thursday to discuss the cabinet's formation.
The sources quoted Salam as saying: “I will step down from my post after the elections are held.”
“Our mission will be over if the elections are not held,” he added.
“I was appointed for the central goal to stage the parliamentary elections,” he remarked.
“If they want to extend parliament's term, then they should come up with a government to oversee such a step,” he said.
Salam concluded on Wednesday two-day consultations with parliamentary blocs over the formation of a new government.
He hoped after the talks that the consensus over his nomination last week will carry on in the process to form a new cabinet.
10 April 2013, 17:34
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exactly put :)
as I said in another post:
it seems m8 want to postpone the elections for at least 3 years, otherwise what Salam is saying is right: this cabinet is here to oversee the upcoming elections and manage the economy mainly.
the demands of m8 for fair representation according to their parliamentary size means they expect this cabinet to last for a long period.
10 April 2013, 17:36
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A dozen Hezbollah fighters were killed and over 20 injured in an ambush Monday in Sayyida Zainab outside Damascus
10 April 2013, 17:37
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For Hezbollah, it is now a matter of survival. They are aware of their declining popularity. A number of Hezbollah fighters have refused to go to Syria and some have actually defected. More Shiites are converting to Sunni Islam in order to pursue a normal life outside Lebanon. Getting a working visa for Gulf countries is becoming impossible if you’re a Lebanese Shiite, so the sectarian identity that Hezbollah highlighted in their rhetoric for the past two decades is now being sacrificed by many young Shiites for the sake of financial security. Life seems to beat all ideologies and identities
10 April 2013, 19:49
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It looks like the original source was Al Arabyia but several other media outlets have decided to run the story citing Al Arabyia as the source. I didn't see any other outlet run the story on their own.
10 April 2013, 17:40
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The problem is that the longer the fight goes on, the more sectarian it will become. Hezbollah will find itself fighting in a territory that is gradually changing to a Sunni Islamic space. This will not spare Lebanon, as a sectarian war over the Umma will only mean that the Shiites in the whole region will become victims of another divine war, this time a Sunni one.
10 April 2013, 17:42
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the above are excerpts from an article on hizbushaitan involvement in Syria and its effect on the shia overall.
for those who want to understand....
10 April 2013, 21:53
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geha. Hanin ghaddar of now lebanon wrote the article. All her articles are her own interpretation of a very antihezbollah view. I am not saying that she is wrong, But i am saying she is not necessarily right.
One thing i beleive though is the mother of the fighter who died story, and how HA planted a bomb in their neighborhood to show the chiites that Nusra will attack them next, in order to galvanize lebanese chiites to fight the unholy war.
10 April 2013, 22:42
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Despite my apprehension toward nepotisme,etc... I must admit that Tammam Salam has been exemplary to all so far. His statements are all irreproachable, let's hope they will be followed by overdue actions from the successive governments that failed its citizens.
God bless you Tammam.
11 April 2013, 00:25
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ياي يا الله ما أجمل البحر عل الأقل لا وجود لأغبياء مثلكم في أعماقه٠ صدق الله العلي العظىم
