Hariri Decries 'Incitement' against Mustaqbal, Says Not Seeking to 'Isolate' Aoun
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Al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri slammed Friday what he called “incitement” against al-Mustaqbal movement, denying allegations by Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah that there is an attempt to “isolate” and “defeat” MP Michel Aoun.
“They have fabricated the claim that there is a party seeking to isolate and defeat General Aoun. They made up the lie and believed it, turning it into a gateway to incite against Mustaqbal,” Hariri tweeted.
“There is insistence on taking things in the wrong direction and blaming al-Mustaqbal movement for a crisis in which Hizbullah is a partner,” he added.
Hariri's remarks came around an hour after Nasrallah stressed that no one will be able to “defeat” or “isolate” Aoun while urging “real partnership” in state institutions.
In response, the former premier noted that “real partnership” cannot be achieved through “inciting against a main component of the national equation” or through “insisting on implicating Lebanon in the civil wars around us.”
“Al-Mustaqbal movement is entrusted with stability and national unity, and it never was and never will be a tool to defeat its partners in the country,” Hariri stressed.
The remarks of Hariri and Nasrallah come a day after Aoun mobilized his supporters to hold street protests against what he terms as the violation of the rights of Christians and Defense Minister Samir Moqbel's decision to extend the terms of top three military officers, including the army commander.
The FPM has accused Prime Minister Tammam Salam, who is close to Mustaqbal, of infringing on the rights of the Christian president in his absence.
The movement's ministers want to amend the cabinet's working mechanism to have a say on its agenda. They also reject the extension of the terms of security and military officials, calling for the appointment of new ones.
Prior to Moqbel's move, Aoun had been reportedly lobbying for political consensus on the appointment of his son-in-law, Commando Regiment commander Chamel Roukoz, as army chief.
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14 August 2015, 22:09
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“They have fabricated the claim that there is a party seeking to isolate and defeat General Aoun. They made up the lie and believed it, turning it into a gateway to incite against Mustaqbal,” Hariri tweeted.
Aoun is isolating himself and defeating himself because he carries a personal selfish and destructive agenda.
14 August 2015, 22:43
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Hi Liberty
I hope you are doing ok. I totally agree with your above comment. I just cannot understand Aoun's behavior. He wants his son in law to be the army chief, his other son in law Bassil has been imposed as a minister in each government and also it is either him as president or none
Pity the nation
14 August 2015, 22:46
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Hello imagine
I hope you are also doing ok. We are in Lebanon and you expect to defat democratically your political opponent? OMG how dare you? lol
15 August 2015, 01:00
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Irrespective of personal stance, very annoying and irrelevant to read the following or similar statement at the end of each article “Aoun had been reportedly lobbying for political consensus on the appointment of his son-in-law, Commando Regiment commander Chamel Roukoz, as army chief” . very bad reporting …
15 August 2015, 01:25
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lebjack
I certainly hope not. Lebanon does not need a war. It simply needs a new and fresh generation of politicians to replace the existing ones. We need to remove these warlords who consider their seat as theirs and they pass it on from father to son etc....
15 August 2015, 01:38
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Caporal has made of the Christians DHIMMIS ....the demonstration proved by the small number of less than 2000 that he and his party do not count any more. We hope to have quick elections for the deputies to show that even the Caporal will not be elected.
15 August 2015, 02:01
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I do not belong to any party. I belong to Lebanon, first and foremost.
All the comments are substantiated and proven with time to be true and correct.
The only responses I receive are insults : takfiri, zionist, saudi, wahhabi, Da3echy...etc...but they never dared to answer the real problems:
1-destruction of the economy, of tourism, of justice, of security, of the safety, ...resulting in more and more Christians emigrating ...which is exactly what Ebola wants...
2-destruction of the institutions: parliament, government, presidency, Constitution, National Pact (to be replaced by a Mutelateh)
and more recently against the Army...
3-transforming Lebanon in a confrontational country to liberate Jerusalem and "beyond Jerusalem"...instead of building the country and giving jobs to the poors and to the 35% of unemployed...
The list is too long...but it is the reality. Those who are doing this are harming Lebanon to the highest degree...these are simply called traitors.
15 August 2015, 03:41
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Ya Saad Hariri, don't worry, the Claoun has done it all by himself, he has isolated himself by himself, the raving lunatic keeps shooting himself in the foot, soon he will shoot himself in the head, just a mater of time.
