Aoun: Govt. May Collapse but Our Dignity Will Remain Intact
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stated on Tuesday that society is not aware of the size of our efforts in government.
He said after the Change and Reform bloc’s weekly meeting: “We are working within a political society that has had shortcomings in dealing with its duties.”
These shortcomings were caused by its mismanagement of public funds, which the led the country towards chaos, he added.
“Lebanon is not a garbage dump and the Lebanese people must become aware of the size of the conspiracy being devised against them,” the MP stated.
“The militia mentality has ended and the government may be toppled, but our dignity will remain intact,” Aoun stressed.
“If we fail, it will fail as well,” he remarked.
“I have no personal interests to achieve, but I cannot remain silent over errors,” he noted.
Regarding the electricity file, he said that it is now being dealt on a “base level.”
“We want the establishment of a state that can protect the citizens, while others view it as their own private company,” he said.
“It’s important that the people realize that an electricity plan is available and another is available to destroy mafias,” the FPM leader added.
“They accused us of seeking to avoid the audit bureau, but on the contrary we want the bureau and the government to look into the plan,” Aoun said.
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.
The March 14-led opposition says that the draft law gives the minister the freedom to use the amount of money without referring to the cabinet or without any monitoring by the Audit Bureau.
On the security situation in Lebanon, Aoun accused the Mustaqbal movement of seeking to create sectarian strife in Lebanon, adding: “The gates of hell won’t be able to destroy this small country.”
Addressing the Lassa land dispute, he remarked: “This issue dates back to 70 years. It can be resolved through the law seeing as it is not political and it has nothing to do with Hizbullah.”
Property disputes erupted in Lassa a few weeks ago when Hizbullah members prevented a Maronite League team from surveying land owned by the Maronite Patriarchate in the predominantly Shiite town of Lassa in the Jbeil District.
They also came after members of the same party prevented an MTV crew from filming a report on the issue in the town.
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