Jumblat says supports Aoun's term extension in cabinet
As Parliament convenes Thursday and Cabinet convenes Friday to discuss extending the term of Army chief General Joseph Aoun, ahead of his planned retirement in January, former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat said he supports Aoun's term extension in the cabinet session on Friday.
Jumblat said in remarks published Wednesday in An-Nahar that he prefers that all posts in the army be occupied, including the army command, chief of staff and the military council.
"If, for absurd reasons, it is not possible to extend Aoun's term, I nominated, according to seniority, Brigadier General Hassan Aoude to be promoted and appointed as chief of staff so he would become an acting army chief whenever the position is vacant," Jumblat went on to say.
Source: Naharnet
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