Aoun to his Allies: We Won’t Remain in Govt. that Lacks an Agenda
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stressed on Tuesday that he is committed to serving Lebanon, but “we will not remain in a government that lacks an agenda.”
He said after the Change and Reform bloc’s weekly meeting: “They can make do without us as we have other issues, such as the Resistance, that we are committed to.”
“We want to save the electricity file … and our plan will save it from complete collapse,” he stated.
Last week, parliament failed to approve an electricity draft law proposed by Aoun that allows Energy Minister Jebran Bassil to receive $1,200,000,000 to implement a project on producing 700 Megawatts of electricity.
Opposition and National Struggle Front MPs rejected the law.
“Whoever does not know the details of the draft law should not comment on it,” Aoun said.
“Whoever detected a technical impediment to its implementation should reveal it as we don’t have time to listen to generalities,” the MP declared.
On the security situation in Lebanon, the FPM leader remarked: “Since August 13, 2009, six prison breaks have taken place in Lebanon, five of which were linked to the Fatah al-Islam group.”
“The reoccurrence of this matter at the same location is a deliberate crime, which is being protected, and it should not be repeated,” he stated.
The president, prime minister, speaker, and security officials are responsible for the ongoing negligence in this matter, Aoun stressed.
“The repetition of errors has reached the political class and it seems that the new officials have inherited their predecessors’ flaws,” he noted in reference to former Interior Minister Ziad Baroud and current Interior Minister Marwan Charbel.
“Divine intervention won’t rectify the security situation in Lebanon given the current individuals tackling this issue,” he stated.
On Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat’s rejection of proportional representation in parliamentary elections, Aoun said: “He has long accused the Christians of opposing the law. I approve of it, but will he accept the elimination of sectarianism in Lebanon?”
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