Aoun: No Unrest Will Take Place if Elections Not Held due to March 14 Camp's Obstruction
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun slammed on Tuesday the March 14 camp's obstruction of parliamentary work, accusing the “minority of practicing a dictatorship” in Lebanon.
He said after the Change and Reform bloc's weekly meeting: “I assure the people that no unrest will take place if the parliamentary elections are not staged due to the March 14 camp's obstruction.”
“They are seeking to obstruct parliament in order to halt discussions on a new electoral law,” he added.
“There are legal aspects to the 1960s law that prevent us from approving it,” he continued.
“We will no longer accept oppression against the Christians. They have been oppressed since 1990 as their rights have been usurped when it comes to the distribution of electoral districts,” explained Aoun.
Furthermore, the MP urged Speaker Nabih Berri to call on the joint parliamentary committees to convene in order to address various draft laws.
“The state's authority cannot be crippled. No one should tamper with such issues,” he warned.
Silent complicity with the other camp's actions will not pass unnoticed, he said.
We will not be held responsible for the failure to hold the parliamentary elections, declared the FPM leader.
“They are responsible for the obstruction of the functioning of state institutions and yet they blame me for it,” he remarked.
“What is left of democratic life if parliament is obstructed?” he wondered.
“We will maintain stability in Lebanon whether the elections are held or not,” remarked Aoun.
On the flow Palestinian refugees from Syria to Lebanon due to the shelling of refugee camps in the neighboring country, the MP stated: “We thank the United States and Europe for their wars and for sending the refugees to Lebanon.”
“Lebanon can no longer support the burden of the refugees,” he added.
Moreover, he warned of the extremism that the refugees may bring to Lebanon, explaining: “We cannot accept some of their views on women and crime.”
“A campaign should be launched against the traditions that they bring with them,” he added, while noting that in the past the Danish Embassy in Beirut's Ashrafiyeh district was burned over insulting pictures of the Prophet Mohammed that were published in Denmark.
“This is a dangerous issue because it contradicts Muslim and Christian values,” he warned.
Source: Naharnet
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