Qassem: We Will Resort to Vote if Govt. Fails Reach Agreement on Complex Issues
Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem stated on Sunday that all government factions agreed to discuss matters with complete freedom, with each side respecting the other’s views.
He said: “However, we have not yet reached an agreement over the complicated issues and if we don’t reach one, then will resort to a vote.”
“The majority can take this line of action and the rest have to accept it,” he added.
“That way, we would have openly expressed our clear commitment to the Lebanese system through the formation of the government and its policy statement,” he noted.
Qassem stressed the importance of the equation of the army, people, and resistance, which was stipulated in the policy statement.
He explained that this equation “began with the government of former Premier Fouad Saniora and later with that of former PM Saad Hariri, meaning that two consensual governments made a clear decision over this equation.”
“This is an indication that this issue enjoys consensus among all Lebanese, even those who oppose the consensus and object to the equation,” the Hizbullah official noted.
“We ask those who have breached the consensus over their motives and why they are seeking to weaken Lebanon,” he continued.
“Prime Minister Najib Miqati’s government was formed through a popular will, without any foreign settlements or pressure,” Qassem stressed.
| Copyright © 2012 Naharnet.com. All Rights Reserved. | https://naharnet.com/stories/en/17631 |