Political Silence after Aoun’s Speech: Will There be a National Dialogue?
President Michel Aoun is waiting to receive feedback from political leaders on his Monday speech before moving to the next step, ad-Diyar newpaper said Wednesday.
According to the newspaper, Aoun wanted to see the political forces’ reactions to take action accordingly and set a date for dialogue.
Aoun had called on Monday for an urgent national dialogue to agree on three issues -- broad administrative and financial decentralization, a defense strategy to protect Lebanon, and a financial and economic recovery plan that would include the necessary reforms and a fair distribution of losses.
Political leaders avoided to directly respond to Aoun, ad-Diyar said.
Meanwhile, informed political sources told al-Joumhouria that “there will be no dialogue nor a calling for Cabinet to convene soon,” unless a change occurs to the "inflexible" positions towards many of the issues raised by Aoun.
29 December 2021, 13:14
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Nobody really cares about his speech.
He is powerless, empty, and so was his speech.
29 December 2021, 18:45
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Christians are guaranteed half of the words spoken in any National Dialogue, regardless of how many Christians there are, per Article 24 of the Constitution. This is also called the National Pact, which actually allows Christians to have a six-to-five advantage. The equal sharing came about in the Taef Accord. In all three cases, there was no actual open discussion of racism, so no actual pact or agreement about what "Christian" means in Lebanese law. I guess it means "shut up".
01 January 2022, 01:37
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You're right: people who let racists shout them down deserve what they get. Only you can exercise a gag rule on you.
Tell me what you think of the Article 24 set-aside.
The Chamber of Deputies consists of elected representatives whose number and the manner of the election are determined by the electoral laws in effect... Until the Chamber of Deputies issues an Electoral Law, outside the sectarian record, representative seats are distributed according to the following rules: a. Equally between Christians and Moslems...
01 January 2022, 01:40
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No, I'm sorry, I didn't read your remark carefully. What does Christian mean to you in Lebanese law? How does the government decide who is Christian? Is it anybody who fails to complain about racism, which I define as the arbitrary treatment of people and their rights? "Arbitrary" means "like a judge" but without a judge's sense of the facts and the principles involved in a case. A racist says in effect, "I don't care about facts and principles." That's why Lebanon is in chaos. It has not had a government since it lengthened its French tether in the 1930's.
01 January 2022, 01:42
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But mostly I congratulate you on New Year's Eve for having the courage to challenge me to a fight from thousands of miles away from behind a false name. Do all the real, die-hard, heh, heh, Christian Lebanese racists live outside of Lebanon?
01 January 2022, 01:50
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'What you do to the least of these, so you do unto me." Have you heard that saying? I don't question your loyalty, and merely ask you to examine who or what you are loyal to.
