Aoun says Lebanon 'deserves a period of recovery'
President Joseph Aoun on Thursday congratulated the government, the premier and the ministers on winning parliament’s confidence, while also voicing respect for those who withheld their confidence.
“Opposition in our democratic parliamentary system is a right, duty, necessity and responsibility,” Aoun said.
Lauding “the unifying national stances in terms of openness to the principle of dialogue and acknowledging the state’s authority in the grand national causes,” the president said “the constitution and the inaugural speech represent a roadmap for building the new Lebanon and a real state.”
Reiterating that “Lebanon has grown tired of the wars of others on its land,” and of “the wrangling between its politicians and officials,” Aoun said the country “has the right to take a period of recovery, politically, economically and security-wise.”
“We have put things on the right track and we hope everyone will unify their efforts and cooperate to achieve the common goal, which is building the new state,” the president added.
“The world is waiting for us and we must prove to it that we have become capable of managing the country’s assets in a way containing a lot of transparency and fairness, in a manner that preserves everyone’s dignity and restores confidence between citizens and their state and also between Lebanon and the world,” Aoun went on to say.
Source: Naharnet
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