Gemayel Slams Parties Hindering Presidential Elections, Says Aoun's Proposal Poses Further Division
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Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel accused on Monday local parties of seeking to impede the presidential elections to implement foreign orders, warning that Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun's latest proposal increases tension among the Lebanese.
Gemayel said in remarks published in the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa newspaper that the repercussions of the presidential vacuum are numerous as it impacts the activeness of other state institutions and jeopardizes Lebanon's credibility before the international communities.
The Christian leader lashed out at certain parties, without naming them, for obstructing parliamentary sessions aimed at electing a presidential.
“The obstruction is on purpose to ban the other team from guaranteeing the success of its candidate.”
Eight presidential elections sessions have been held so far, seven of which were not staged due to a boycott of March 8 camp lawmakers, mainly those of the Loyalty to the Resistance and Change and Reform blocs.
The boycott was prompted by an ongoing dispute with the March 14 alliance over a presidential candidate.
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea had declared his candidacy, while Aoun has said that he will only run in the polls if there is consensus over his nomination.
The term of President Michel Suleiman ended in May.
“The situation cannot endure to remain the same,” Gemayel told the newspaper.
The Kataeb leader urged the political arch-foes not to adapt with the vacuum, describing it as “dangerous.”
He stressed that the security situation should compel the swift election of a new head of state in order to maintain stability in the state institutions and to fortify the country's unity.
On Aoun's latest proposal, Gemayel considered it an attempt to “cover up for the negativity of the previous stage,” especially after his dialogue with al-Mustaqbal movement didn't reach a common ground.
Aoun suggested last week direct presidential elections on two rounds and called for the adoption of an electoral draft-law that would allow each sect to elect its own representatives.
“An initiative similar to this cannot be proposed amid vacuum,” Gemayel said, saying it violates the Lebanese pact and increases tension among sects.
“We don't need further division among us,” he pointed out.
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07 July 2014, 09:44
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Amin your words are welcome and thank you for not being vague about your message. It is clear as daylight who has caused vacuum and under what pretext he has done so. It is also clear what he had hoped for by proposing an untimely and unsuitable so called "initiative " with the hope of restoring some credibility after demonstrating to us his disregard for our constitution and his power hungry tendencies.
07 July 2014, 09:53
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Aoun is the fruit of your ignorance and stupidity the day u didint want to leave the presidency and when u where forced to u left an empty seat with the psycho3on on it and we all know what happened next.. u punished all Lebanon like a spoiled child not wating to leave his toy! U created the division in 1988 and its widening since then so spare us your lectures ya '3anid' Bachir was a man and thats why he is no more among us and u are!
07 July 2014, 09:57
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since we have reached a dead end why not letting people decide ?
i tell u why either you are not used to listen to your people, or you r on payroll or u are a mafia lord.
or all three op.
07 July 2014, 19:48
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They can comment and condemn all they want. It is Iran's position to hold the Lebanese Presidency vacant until a consensus forms around their candidate, Jean Qahwaji. However, this holding pattern can only persist because of the Parliamentary boycott conducted by the FPM which gives Hezbollah cover to allow the condition to persist. Aoun boycotts with the objective of awaiting an epiphany in the eyes of Hariri, Jumblatt and Nasrallah, not to mention Geagea and Gemayel so that Aoun becomes a consensus choice for President. If it were not so true, this rationale would be funny. But this is no laughing matter.
Not just Aoun, but the Aouni, his enablers, are the instruments in the hands of Hezbollah that is dissipating whatever is left of Christian political power in Lebanon.
07 July 2014, 19:52
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FT, get real man. The Lebanese Constitution cannot undergo amendment now when by the terms of the Constitution the only matter that it can take up is the election of the President. Commentators even from M14 say that the proposed Aoun Amendment may well have merit and even adopted, but now?? Now when the time to fill the office is past he wants to upend the constitution and add to the confusion instead of toward resolution of the immediate problem??
08 July 2014, 08:59
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Thank you for being such an obedient slave, Ammounteh, be it through a hartaqa or not. Always ready to serve as a step-rug.
