Aoun Says to Take Part in Dialogue if Topic is Electoral Law
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Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday announced that he will take part in national dialogue only if it will tackle the thorny issue of the electoral law.
“We want the electoral law to come first and we would discuss the government after that. The government is not as important as the constitutional junctures that have certain deadlines,” said Aoun after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc in Rabiyeh.
“I will take a stance on dialogue when I know its topic. I will take part in dialogue if the topic is the electoral law,” said Aoun.
He said the bloc discussed the possibility of maintaining legislation amid the presence of a resigned cabinet and “everyone agreed that the government's status does not prevent legislating.”
Commenting on the collapse of Prime Minister Najib Miqati's government, in which the bloc had 10 ministers, Aoun said: “I've been hearing the question whether the FPM is the biggest loser (from the cabinet's resignation), but I say that our stance is much more important than the number of ministers and we had sacrificed the presidency position for our principles. We are not after the number of ministers but rather after quality.”
Aoun stressed that the Orthodox Gathering draft law, under which each sect would elects its own MPs, is “the only legitimate proposal,” urging all Christian parties to “approve it because it ensures the proper representation stipulated by the Taef Accord.”
“When three candidates receive 65% of Christian votes in Akkar and fail to make it to parliament, that means that the representation is incorrect,” Aoun noted.
“We thank PM Miqati who gave government everything in his capacity and we hope we will meet him again after the elections,” said Aoun.
He noted that “there are successful and unsuccessful experiences in the premiership and it is important for the new premier not to repeat the unsuccessful experiences.”
Answering a reporter's question, Aoun said: “We have not taken the decision not to name Miqati, but it seems that he wants to rest.”
He said he has not yet discussed the issue of the upcoming parliamentary session with Speaker Nabih Berri.
“As long as there are laws and there is a democratic game, it must take its course if it doesn't contradict with the constitution,” said Aoun.
Asked about Bahij Tabbara and Adnan Kassar as possible candidates for the premiership, Aoun said: “Things are awaiting a settlement.”
He noted that the situation is now calmer in Lebanon “due to the absence of the government and we are not witnessing attacks by journalists.”
Asked about the Syrian crisis, Aoun said: “I heard acceptable remarks from (Syrian opposition chief) Moaz al-Khatib and his speech (at the Arab Summit) was good."
"It is okay to negotiate according to his speech which called for an end to fighting," said Aoun.
"From the very beginning, we said that the Lebanese gathered around the dialogue table and we advised them (the Syrians) to take our experience into consideration. I hope God will guide them and they will resort to dialogue," Aoun added.
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26 March 2013, 17:14
Aoun: From the very beginning, we said that the Lebanese gathered around the dialogue table and we advised them to take our experience into consideration. I hope God will guide them and they will resort to dialogue.
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26 March 2013, 17:13
Aoun: I heard acceptable remarks from Moaz al-Khatib and his speech was good. It is okay to negotiate according to his speech which called for an end to fighting.
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26 March 2013, 17:12
Aoun: The situation is now calmer in Lebanon due to the absence of the government and we are not witnessing attacks by journalists.
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26 March 2013, 17:12
Aoun: I will take a stance on dialogue when I know its topic. I will take part in dialogue if the topic is the electoral law.
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26 March 2013, 17:11
Aoun: We want the electoral law to come first and we would discuss the government after that. The government is not as important as the constitutional junctures that have certain deadlines.
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26 March 2013, 17:11
Aoun on premiership candidates Tabbara and Kassar: Things are awaiting a settlement.
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26 March 2013, 17:10
Aoun: As long as there are laws and there is a democratic game, it must take its course if it doesn't contradict with the constitution.
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26 March 2013, 17:10
Aoun: I have not yet discussed the issue of the parliamentary session with Speaker Berri.
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26 March 2013, 17:09
Aoun: We have not taken the decision not to name Miqati, but it seems that he wants to rest.
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26 March 2013, 17:08
Aoun: There are successful and unsuccessful experiences in the premiership and it is important for the new premier not to repeat the unsuccessful experiences.
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26 March 2013, 17:07
Aoun: We thank PM Miqati who gave government everything in his capacity and we hope we will meet him again after the elections.
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26 March 2013, 17:06
Aoun: When three candidates receive 65% of Christian votes in Akkar and fail to make it to parliament, that means that the representation is incorrect.
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26 March 2013, 17:06
Aoun: The Orthodox Gathering draft law is the only legitimate proposal and I urge all Christian parties to approve it because it ensures the proper representation stipulated by the Taef Accord.
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26 March 2013, 17:05
Aoun: I've been hearing the question whether the FPM is the biggest loser (from the cabinet's resignation), but I say that our stance is much more important than the number of ministers and we had sacrificed the presidency position for our principles. We are not after the number of ministers but rather after quality.
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26 March 2013, 17:05
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc in Rabiyeh: We discussed the possibility of maintaining legislation amid the presence of a resigned cabinet and everyone agreed that the government's status does not prevent legislating.
26 March 2013, 19:01
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Looks nice & refreshed, the baathist women are looking after him.
27 March 2013, 12:41
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sophia_angle yeah you're not alone all his supporters are crazy.. although I believe a more appropriate definition would be "all his supporters are stupid"
27 March 2013, 14:27
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“The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The more stupid one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence squirms and hides itself. Intelligence is unprincipled, but stupidity is honest and straightforward.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky
27 March 2013, 11:50
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Quality for him is measured by the probability of earning from that seat ... the ministries that do not generate enough income are not up to his "Quality".
26 March 2013, 17:34
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Guys I beg you don't make fun of him, dementia is a disease and should be taken seriously. On the other hand the alleged 65% of Christian votes in Akkar seem to fluctuate every time he or one of his stooges brings it up as the figures hove been anywhere from 54% to the new all time high of 65% he pulled out today it's like the Euro in a bad week, of course accuracy was never his strong point.
26 March 2013, 17:48
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well it is established that US$960 million have been stolen by Sehanaoui from the telecoms.
nice example :)
26 March 2013, 18:38
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Reasonable speech. For once, his speech is more moderate than Geagea. Weird...
But I hate it when they put preconditions to dialogue.
26 March 2013, 20:03
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FT. We were discussing iranian influence vs. KSA influence, I would like to continue discussion here. You said that M14 is financed by Saudi, and that puts M14 as much under a foreign agenda as M8.
The difference is that the khaliji's objective is to have a stable, moderate, sunnite led democracy in lebanon where they can come invest and spend vacations, a mediterranean dubai. This is their agenda for lebanon. They dont want to enforce sharia in lebanon. They dont want to arm some lebanese against the others. True, I dont like the "sunnite led" part, but this is the worst I can say about their influence.
26 March 2013, 20:04
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Iran on the other hand has imperialistic regional objectives. For them lebanon is a tool to get regional power status. If half the lebanese feel threatened by their proxy's weapons, iranians dont care. If lebanon is destroyed by israel due to the adventures of tehir proxies, iran dont care. We are their 1 B USD/yr TOOL to regional power status. As for assad's syria, they only think of creating strife here to get jihadist mercenaries come here instead of syria. And now we have irrefutable proof of that.
Who do you think has a worse influence on lebanon? iran/syria or the khalijis?
26 March 2013, 23:51
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Regarding your last paragraph- saudi buying lebanon, This is globalization. The londonder cant afford London anymore, it was bought by international bankers. he moved to suburbs. Paris is not affordable to parisians who is bought by arabs, russians and chinese. I dont like globalization, but it is our world, and we cant fight it, and it is not khaliji's fault. moreover they happen to be rich and to give us overpaid work. why is this bad?
26 March 2013, 18:55
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26 March 2013, 19:19
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Lebanon needs about 1800 megawatts to meet its energy demands, how the hell is leasing 2 boats which will only proide 200 megawatss extra going to solve lebanons problems, the dumbest plan & waste of money. We need to get rid of the old diesel power plans which are a unefficent dinosaurs that are very expensive to run. Lebanon needs coal fired new stations or gas turbines with the gas we have found. But ofourse these are big investments and as long as hezbmyass keeps dragging us into war with israel who destroy our powerplants with a 1500 dollor millse, we are screwed. HEz plase F off back to iran & take your silly mehdi garabge with you
26 March 2013, 19:21
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But then again, how the hell is the goverment ever going to raise money to build new power plants when lets face it, the shia & some others communities never pay their bills cause of the hezballah protection umbrella, HEZBALLAH IS A CANCER
26 March 2013, 19:52
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mowaten, bruce and FlemmyTfou why do you giggling girls always show up together like the three stooges you must be members of Toufic's exclusive by Shiites for Shiites club of gayarab.com, not that there's anything wrong with that.
26 March 2013, 20:21
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Lunacy has a first name it's M-I-C-H-E-L
Lunacy has a second name it's A-O-U-N
I love to watch him every week,
And if you ask me why I'll say 'Cause he's crazy
Michel Aoun is a special kind of L-U-N-A-T-I-C!
26 March 2013, 20:58
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another laughable speech by the irrelevant puppet general... not even worth commenting...
26 March 2013, 20:59
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mowaten.Basil should never have became a minister since Aoun talks about how corrupt others are. don't forget he held the government to ransom to get Basil the ministry he wanted for him ..if thats not corruption what is?
26 March 2013, 21:33
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Iran welcomes you y zeneral..set next to Bachour and Hassoun...yalla wa walad...
26 March 2013, 22:49
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General Aoun well done , yet again , your a true Soldier of all Lebanese ... Keep on fighting these wahibist / jihadist bastards .. Very good speech !!
27 March 2013, 00:31
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"we had sacrificed the presidency position for our principles"
Please Naharnet editor you obviously made a mistake and jumbled Mr Aoun's words. Although Mr Aoun did say the words he must have put them in in a different order than what you publish to reflect the reality of what truly he did, look:
"we had sacrificed our principles for the presidency position"
see, now they make sense.
27 March 2013, 08:57
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Ibn ALjabal! Very relevant comment indeed. Brings the discussion forward one must say! Look at the number of comments aoun generates. If he was so insignificant, people would not even care commenting right? The worst thing you can do to a person is ignoring him/her ;-)
So with or without you, Aoun is generating a lot of traction! Live with it!
27 March 2013, 15:56
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good point but how many of the commentators are paid to do so with multiple accounts? not the greatest measure of how relevant someone is. Having 10 ministers on the other hand and being huge part of the worst government Lebanon has ever seen in its entire history. Now that makes him extremely relevant.
27 March 2013, 11:58
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I have asked many times if anyone can tell me what Bassil has done in his previous life as a non-SIL to Aoun that would qualify him to be a minister? I honestly do not know and would appreciate if anyone can shed some light on the issue. Has he successfuly managed a company before? did he salvage a ruined business and has the expertise involved with doing so? what qualifications does he have other than being the Sohor?
