Bassil Slams 'Shiite Duo', Decries 'New Four-Party Alliance'
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Tuesday lashed out at Hizbullah and the Amal Movement over the Constitutional Council’s failure to issue a ruling on an appeal filed by the FPM against the electoral law’s amendments.
“The Constitutional Council has committed suicide,” Bassil said in a televised address.
“The Council was toppled and paralyzed today,” he lamented, describing what happened as “a sign of the disintegration of the state.”
“What happened undermines the National Pact and the President's jurisdiction as to Article 57, and it is an additional fall of the constitution which we are trying to preserve,” Bassil said.
He added that what happened took place based on a “clear political decision by a system that is allied with each other during President Aoun’s term.”
“It was led today by the Shiite duo in the Constitutional Council, which will have political consequences,” Bassil went on to say.
Lamenting that the Constitutional Council “decided to remain silent over a host of issues, including the manipulation of deadlines and the addition of articles to a legislative text related to the powers of the justice and foreign ministers without a discussion nor a vote,” Bassil decried the no-ruling as the result of a "new four-party alliance" in the face of the FPM.
He was referring to the 2005 parliamentary elections, when the FPM’s lists competed in some districts against candidates backed by Hizbullah, the Amal Movement, the Lebanese Forces and the Progressive Socialist Party.
Bassil also revealed that he received a phone call and a proposal prior to the Constitutional Council’s decision.
“We were asked to accept voting in parliament in favor of the (formation of the) Higher Council (for the Trial of Presidents and Ministers), in return for the Constitutional Council accepting our appeal. I told them that they already know the answer and to stop these ploys. The bargain proposal was not accepted two months ago and it will not be accepted today,” the FPM chief added.
“We are seeking a solution, not a bargain, and we tell the Shiite duo that there is no justification for the failure to hold Cabinet sessions. I also tell this to the premier, because it doesn’t seem that he is in a hurry regarding this,” Bassil said.
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21 December 2021, 18:17
Bassil: I received a phone call and a proposal prior to the Constitutional Council’s decision, in which we were asked to accept voting in parliament in favor of the Higher Council (for the Trial of Presidents and Ministers), in return for the Constitutional Council accepting our appeal. I told them that they already know the answer and to stop these ploys. The bargain proposal was not accepted two months ago and it will not be accepted today.
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21 December 2021, 18:03
Bassil: We are seeking a solution, not a bargain, and we tell the Shiite duo that there is no justification for the failure to hold Cabinet sessions. I also tell this to the premier, because it doesn’t seem that he is in a hurry regarding this.
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21 December 2021, 18:01
Bassil said the Constitutional Council's failure to issue a ruling on the FPM's appeal is the result of a "new four-party alliance" in the face of the FPM.
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21 December 2021, 17:55
Bassil said the Constitutional Council decided to “remain silent over a host of issues, including the manipulation of deadlines and the addition of articles to a legislative text related to the powers of the justice and foreign ministers without a discussion nor a vote.”
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21 December 2021, 17:49
Bassil: What happened took place based on a clear political decision by a system that is allied with each other during President Aoun’s term, and it was led today by the Shiite duo in the Constitutional Council, which will have political consequences.
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21 December 2021, 17:47
Bassil: What happened is a setback for right, not for the FPM, and it is also a setback for expats.
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21 December 2021, 17:46
Bassil: What happened undermines the National Pact and the President's jurisdiction as to Article 57, and it is an additional fall of the constitution which we are trying to preserve.
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21 December 2021, 17:44
Bassil: What happened was a sign of the disintegration of the state.
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21 December 2021, 17:43
Bassil: The Council was toppled and paralyzed today.
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21 December 2021, 17:43
Bassil: The Constitutional Council has committed suicide.
21 December 2021, 17:59
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The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
H.L. Mencken
21 December 2021, 18:00
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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
Edmund Burke
21 December 2021, 18:00
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It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
Edmund Burke
21 December 2021, 20:15
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What happened undermines the National Pact.
Oh, I wonder what the National Pact is, who signed it, you know.
21 December 2021, 20:54
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You created this situation the day you allied with the devil.
Idiot!
22 December 2021, 02:01
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You seem to be a nice, educated, well informed and unbiased young man. Are you Aouni by any chance?
22 December 2021, 08:17
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constantine 7 hours ago
The voice of justice.
"constantine 1 hour ago
Without the FPM at the helm there would be no Lebanon.
"constantine 12 minutes ago
Allah yi7meek President Bassil"
constantine 7 hours ago 20
Words of wisdom Gebran.
22 December 2021, 08:18
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libanaisresilient 13 hours ago
OMG another big step towards the Presidency! Long live Bassil! You're the Man!
22 December 2021, 08:18
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"the_roar:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Today you have just listened to the future president of Lebanon. Learn people, learn!"
22 December 2021, 08:19
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"libanaisresilient 4 hours ago
Long live Bassil the future President of Lebanese republic!"
