Hizbullah Says Baabda Palace Requires 'Special Care,' Suleiman Responds: We Need Acknowledging Consensus over Declaration
President Michel Suleiman stated on Saturday that what Baabda Palace needs is acknowledging the unanimous consensus over the Baabda Declaration that was reached inside its premises.
Suleiman's statement on Twitter came as a response to Hizbullah that said earlier in the day that Baabda Palace has come to require “special care."
The party also accused Suleiman of not being able to differentiate between “what's golden and what's wooden.”
"With due respect to the presidency and to what it represents, we consider that Baabda Palace needs special care during the last months of the leader's term,” a statement issued by Hizbullah said.
It explained: "Baabda's resident cannot differentiate between what's golden and what's made of wood.”
The statement said Hizbullah's stance comes after hearing what the president had said during a speech on Friday, in reference to the political equation Suleiman has come forward with to replace the controversial “army-people-resistance” formula.
Suleiman said Friday that the land, people and common values formed the country's “permanent equation.”
“The land, people and common values form the golden and permanent equation for the nation,” Suleiman said in a speech at the “My land: a promising future” conference held at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik.
The president's suggestion comes as political foes in the country have not reached an agreement yet over the ministerial policy statement with the March 14 camp voicing rejection to the “army-people-resistance formula," which their March 8 rivals insist on.
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