Aoun Reiterates Calls for Adopting Orthodox Draft, Warns: Inequality in Vote Law Not Source of Stability

you both sounds like idiots

Le printemps arrive et les saisons passent,
Bientôt viendra l’été suivi de l’automne,
Mes jours sont semblables, attristés et mornes.
Je suis désespéré, coincé dans une impasse.

J’appréhende les nuits, leur rythme est infernal,
Agitations, sueurs, cauchemars et j’en passe,
Mensonges, tromperies, partisans rapaces…
Pèsent sur mon vieux dos d’un poids phénoménal.

Mes alliances s’effritent, la présidence m’échappe,
Et par obligation, limitant les dégâts,
Je suis le Cardinal, courtise le Légat,
De WAHAB et BARRACK je me mets sous la chape.

Ayez confiance en moi, comme je le fais ; sans faille.
Mes monts et merveilles apparaîtront toujours,
Très loin à l’horizon, là où finit le jour,
L’ultime lieu de nos tristes accordailles.

Votre général qui se moque du monde.

he is threatening like his master nasrallah.
this seems to be the prelude for what his master is going to say or he is saying what his master wants to avoid saying.
anyway, threats and more threats full of sectarian hatred. it seems it is the only way they know how to mobilize small minded people.

just for clarification:
I went to the ministry of interior and got the CD of voters for this year.
the result is that sunnis outnumber Shiites by over 65000.
this information can be easily verifiable by anyone of you (provided you pay the 20000 LL for the price of the cd.
and since each day would be voters from the Shiite community are dying in Syria, that difference is increasing a bit each day :)
thank you nasrallah.

grandpa simpson speaks

and he thinks he speaks for ALL Christians.

Don't they call that a God complex.....

God bless General Aoun for his staunch patriotism, defense of Lebanon's democracy, and opposition to February 14-sponsored terrorism.

I think the clown is now speaking with a Syrian accent or is it Iranian!!...fetch me a cold one would yeh...happy hour is on...

so you are supporting the person who bailed out on his own people and army, completely turned on the principles that once made him a great man to one that rants and raves but says very little about the country, but rather how the country is ruled.

If he wants to be a looked at as a leader by the Lebanese, he should speak from that viewpoint instead the narrow selfish interest that he has adopted. IMO, the only two Lebanese leaders that have been saying the right things are Geagea and Suleiman.

I wish the comments were generating a debate about the merits (or lack there of) of the Orthodox Law, since this is what the title of the article is about.
My take on the Orthodox Law is that it results in more radicalism within each sect. The Shiites will be Hezbys to extreme, Sunnis will become more Salafists or supporters of such, and Christians will be what the LFs of the late 80s used to be. Sometimes I think an anti-Orthodox law whereby each Sect votes for MPs from all other Sects but not their own will produce moderates and boosts coexistence. Mull over the idea before you push thumbs up or down. This could be a prelude to a more secular society and Government.

Blockhead. Arrogant and ignorant. Blinded by his own personal ambitions that will never see the light of day. His rotten way, or the highway.
The Orthodox Gathering Plan is an invitation to the Moslem Parties to bring true fairness and equality to the Parliament and relegate the Christian political parties to 39% of Parliament instead of 50%. For 39% of the population to demand 50% of the seats based purely on Confessional identity does not add up.
There is a way for Christians to get more say in the government without going to the Orthodox extreme. This guy only knows how to go to the extreme. Shoot the artillery piece.

@tigertony. First of all, I am not Sunni but Maronite Christian. Second I don't know where you get your numbers, but mine are CIA as of April 13, 2013 and are as follows:

Religions:

Muslim 59.7% (Shia, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Coptic, Protestant), other 1.3%

Aoun held all of these offices, it is true. I was one of his supporters at one tim 25 years ago when I thought he was a Lebanese Nationalist, but he turned out to be an Aounist. So said his biggest supporter in the US personally to me. So don't tell me about the virtues of this destructive character.

@tigertony And yes, I am concerned about the future of the Christians in Lebanon because without the Christians, Lebanon will not be Lebanon anymore. Some formula must therefore be devised to keep the Christians, regardless of their numbers in the population as a vital part of the government without overreaching with those who are now in the majority in the Country, confessionally speaking.
Aoun is of that generation of Lebanese who acted as though the Maronits had an 80% demographic presence in the country when it was less than 50% - Result we got trimmed at Taif. Now that we are at 39% of the population, he wants to demand rights as though we were 50%. Same stupid response to the same problem. It is not hard to predict that we will get trimmed again. Rather than find solutions where we can still have a significant role in government, Mr. Destruction is paving the way for a further reduction of Christian influence.