Aoun: Miqati Doesn’t Want to Form Cabinet, He Has Made Impossible and Inappropriate Demands
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun criticized on Tuesday Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati’s performance so far in forming a government, accusing him of wasting his time and not wanting to form the Cabinet.
He said after the FPM’s weekly meeting: “We have presented all we can to facilitate its formation, but the premier-designate does not want it to be established.”
“Miqati is making impossible demands, which is an indication that he is not taking his mission seriously,” he continued.
Aoun added: “Whoever ignores that parliament had appointed him to form a government is violating the law and we have a problem if he is not aware of the fact that parliament can withdraw confidence from his appointment.”
Addressing U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman’s visit to Lebanon last week, the MP said: “He sought to impose his policy on us and he wants to form a government that follows U.S. policies that oppose us.”
Regarding regional developments, Aoun stated that objections have been made over the violence against armed individuals in Syria, while the U.S. did not object to Israel’s attack against demonstrators at Maroun al-Ras.
“We have experienced this American comedy with Israel for 63 years,” he said.
“The U.S. supports crimes and the development of peoples when its interests are at stake,” he stressed.
“It is not an example of democracy and neither is the U.N. Security Council,” the FPM leader noted.
Aoun explained that the Security Council destroyed Lebanon’s sovereignty when it approved the formation of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon under Chapter seven of its charter.
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