Aoun: Our Allies Back Orthodox Law, Those Saying It Leads to War are Thugs
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Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday announced that his allies support the electoral law proposed by the Orthodox Gathering, rejecting what he described as attempts to “steal the rights of Christians.”
“Our allies support the Orthodox Gathering law and we will hear their stance during the meeting of the parliamentary committees this evening,” Aoun told reporters after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc in Rabiyeh.
“If they act like thugs, they will lead the country to war, but the competition is peaceful. History will curse anyone who rejects the Orthodox Gathering law, because he would be agreeing to be a humiliated MP rather than an honorable MP,” Aoun added.
Hitting back at former premier Fouad Saniora over remarks rejecting the Orthodox Gathering and accusing the current government of corruption, Aoun said: “It seems that Saniora has forgotten what he did when he was a prime minister and he's talking as if he has just 'descended from the heavens' and started discovering our problems.”
“I remind the Lebanese that the 1992 parliament was elected with a voter turnout of 13%, which makes it illegitimate, and everything based on the legislation of this parliament is illegitimate, but the parliament continued its mandate amid international support. That's why I remind Saniora that his rule was illegitimate,” Aoun charged.
He recalled that in 1996, “there were four provinces -- South, North, Bekaa, Beirut -- but they divided Mount Lebanon in order to scatter the votes of Christians.”
“They did all this for the sake of a politician who was influential back then,” Aoun went on to say.
“If we analyze the result of the 1996 elections, we will find out that it was more of an appointment than an election, and certain people voted on the appointment. While in 2000, the Aley District was taken through the Ghazi (Kanaan) law,” said the FPM leader.
“So where are the stipulations of the Taef Accord concerning the rules that ensure coexistence? At least respect the National Pact's text,” he added.
“Today they are cursing us because we are against (Islamic) Sharia (law) and the cars of FPM supporters were vandalized in Akkar, so who is harming coexistence?” Aoun added.
The Christian leader stressed that he has not attacked “anyone's religious beliefs.”
“But whenever we criticize someone they accuse us of being against the Sunnis. Who should I criticize? (Venezuelan leader Hugo) Chavez and (German Chancellor Angela) Merkel? I'm criticizing the prime minister and I'm not scared of insults,” added Aoun.
He accused “Saniora and his group” of dissolving the Constitutional Council “so that it doesn't look into the electoral challenges.”
“I cannot allow anyone to steal my right, which is to elect 64 MPs, and this nonstop bargaining concerning the electoral law is unacceptable,” Aoun stressed.
“No one has the moral or legal right to steal the rights of a certain group,” he added.
“We will not accept anything less than our rights concerning the electoral law, which should be the Orthodox Gathering law,” Aoun stressed.
He noted that in Tripoli, “there are 1,451 Maronites who are represented by a lawmaker, while 12,642 Maronites in Rmeish do not have any representative.”
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08 January 2013, 17:38
Aoun: If they act like thugs, they will lead the country to war, but the competition is peaceful. History will curse anyone who rejects the Orthodox Gathering law, because he would be agreeing to be a humiliated MP rather than an honorable MP.
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08 January 2013, 17:36
Aoun: Our allies support the Orthodox Gathering law and we will hear their stance during the meeting of the parliamentary committees this evening.
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08 January 2013, 17:17
Aoun: In Tripoli, there are 1,451 Maronites who are represented by a lawmaker, while 12,642 Maronites in Rmeish do not have any representative.
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08 January 2013, 17:16
Aoun: We will not accept anything less than our rights concerning the electoral law, which should be the Orthodox Gathering law.
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08 January 2013, 17:15
Aoun: No one has the moral or legal right to steal the rights of a certain group.
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08 January 2013, 17:14
Aoun: I cannot allow anyone to steal my right, which is to elect 64 MPs, and this nonstop bargaining concerning the electoral law is unacceptable.
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08 January 2013, 17:11
Aoun: Saniora and his group dissolved the Constitutional Council so that it doesn't look into the challenges and maybe Saniora has forgotten that.
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08 January 2013, 17:10
Aoun: We have not attacked anyone's religious beliefs, but whenever we criticize someone they accuse us of being against the Sunnis. Who should I criticize? Chavez and Merkel? I'm criticizing the prime minister and I'm not scared of insults.
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08 January 2013, 17:09
Aoun: Today they are cursing us because we are against Sharia and the cars of FPM supporters were vandalized in Akkar, so who is harming coexistence?
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08 January 2013, 17:04
Aoun: So where are the stipulations of the Taef Accord concerning the rules that ensure coexistence? At least respect the National Pact's text.
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08 January 2013, 17:03
Aoun: If we analyze the result of the 1996 elections, we will find out that it was more of an appointment than an election, and certain people voted on the appointment. While in 2000, the Aley District was taken through the Ghazi (Kanaan) law.
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08 January 2013, 17:03
Aoun: In 1996, there were four provinces -- South, North, Bekaa, Beirut -- but they divided Mount Lebanon in order to scatter the votes of Christians. They did all this for the sake of a politician who was influential back then.
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08 January 2013, 17:02
Aoun: I remind the Lebanese that the 1992 parliament was elected with a voter turnout of 13%, which makes it illegitimate, and everything based on the legislation of this parliament is illegitimate, but the parliament continued its mandate amid international support. That's why I remind Saniora that his rule was illegitimate.
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08 January 2013, 17:01
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc: It seems that Saniora has forgotten what he did when he was a prime minister and he's talking as if he has just "descended from the heavens" and started discovering our problems.
08 January 2013, 17:09
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We're going to hear more sick words...
Get ready ... ٣. ٢ . ١.
08 January 2013, 17:43
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aoun didn't even say anything but the filthy zionist logged in and out many times under different nickname and started farting prematurely
08 January 2013, 17:54
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the filthy iranian scum is back with his robotic trash posts , sign of a lobotomized brain...
08 January 2013, 18:23
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theresistance: i a m using the only language this moron knows: stupidity.
"and and u cant comprise 1 single note worth retort or idea?"
as for answering his posts? what is there to answer? tell us?
i use stupidity for stupids as it is the only language they understand...
seems you want to join the club of stupids as you defend such low idiotic posts....
08 January 2013, 18:05
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Hey jabal amel, your picture shows Cheikh Bachir being eliminated. But your cronies killed him 30 years ago, and yet you still put it as a picture like if killing Bachir was your biggest accomplishment for the past 30 years. You haven't done anything worth mentionning since then?
08 January 2013, 17:46
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the filthy zionist don't like people to openly label their friends terrorists as terrorists.
indeed they are, just like you.
08 January 2013, 19:07
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So Aoun thinks the thirty percent of Lebanese who are denominated (by whom?) Christian should get voting power equal (electing the same number of members of Parliament) as the seventy percent who are denominated Muslim: this is his idea of Christian rights? This is his plan for peaceful coexistence?
08 January 2013, 19:40
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I have a chilled bottle of champagne waiting to be popped when this senile creep croaks... Drinks on me
08 January 2013, 23:17
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Hahahahahahaha... Good one flamethrower. Don't worry you will get a drink too. That's of hassoune allows you.
09 January 2013, 08:36
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Hahahahahaha sorry Raptor but what FT said was really funny, No Disrespect mate :)
08 January 2013, 20:02
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Haters....Just take a look at your avatar you low-life Farsi aka BSThrower. Everything about it reflects a stone-aged fundamentalist terrorist that has no place on the planet. Your a dying breed or as peace has so nicely put it....inbred!
08 January 2013, 20:35
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"before posting your pre-conditioned and canned 'opinion" Ya mustool Farsi the pot calling the kettle black! Iranian pawn!
08 January 2013, 20:46
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Typical statements from him: he's right, and anyone against him is the enemy. This is why he should stop talking--no justification for his positions, just an insistence that he is right. End of story--mindless unquestioning minions, kneel before him.
08 January 2013, 21:02
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Ahhhh there you go BSThrower.....pulled kaa kaa karim out of your hat of aliases. LOL.
08 January 2013, 22:08
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Correct me if I'm wrong but wont this law fail to pass if FM and PSP vote against it? even if LF and Kataeb vote for it.
08 January 2013, 22:13
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General by mistake Aoun does not need ennemies . He has you already as a stupid suppporter it is enough to cope with !
08 January 2013, 22:24
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as usual orangina forgets to deal with the REAL problems of the lebanese such as poor salaries, lousy economy, no tourism due to the insecurity situation they ve installed in lebanon... all is just sectarian talk, frightening people with the salafis and charia laws and he just barks populist slogans so that his sheep followers get a hard on watching him and praise him as if he was god! just see some posts here representing the FPM sheep!
08 January 2013, 22:26
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Atta boy samiam.....were all behind you! Don't bother with the lame posts/statements from the Farsi BSThrower and his handful of aliases aka ASSistence/Motormouth/Kaa Kaa karim/jabbermouth......He yearns for attention and has no followers.
08 January 2013, 22:50
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you know what? i really don t care about which effing law they ll agree on because the results will be the same: no politician will do anything for the citizens and the country will still remain the same... militias, corruption, pollution, no urban planning, no social welfare, no decent salaries and so on because they are ALL interested in their privileges and that s all what matters to them...
concerning lebanese they don t give a sh... to them!
08 January 2013, 23:14
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lol another blow in aoun s nose from the president: he declared the orthodox law as unconstitutionnal!
waiting for the next episode now! i'm loving it
08 January 2013, 23:19
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This guy is the biggest pest Lebanon has ever and will ever see..
09 January 2013, 04:00
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We will have an earthquake and tsunami before the real elections.
09 January 2013, 12:10
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FT--I want the government to become accountable to the people it supposedly represents. If you are trying to guarantee a certain amount of seats to certain sects, then have given the elected representatives a blank slate to do what they want because no matter what, it is next to impossible to replace them. All you will do is put another semi clone in his/her place, especially with the 'winner take all' clause.
Now, if there were a system in place where there were a set number of districts and say the top 3 get elected regardless of sect or PARTY, then this would seem the best. It would be easier to remove bad politicians, hopefully address corruption. However, for this to happen, you need the districts drawn up appear to be fair to all parties. In addition, you need a system in place to protect the rights of all of the minorities. For this to happen, you need a strong state and since FPM is allied with 2 parties which do not want a strong state (HA and Amal), it can't happen.
