Aoun Hits Back at Hariri, Says Parliamentary Vote Must Precede Presidential
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stressed Tuesday that parliamentary polls must precede the stalled presidential vote, noting that “scaring” people of the electoral law proposed by the Orthodox Gathering reflects “unjustified concerns.”
“Some parties are trying to disregard national pacts in the presidential elections. Some parties are bargaining over the presidential seat but we don't care who gets elected, as our battle is aimed at reforming the laws of presidential and parliamentary elections, which would prevent any president from being subordinate to foreign powers,” Aoun told reporters after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc in Rabieh.
“Foreign powers usurp the president's foreign policy and put him on tracks from which he cannot break free. Thus, electing him by the people would guarantee the interests of people,” Aoun pointed out.
He said “scaring” people of the electoral law “that guarantees their rights reflects unjustified concerns.”
Under the controversial Orthodox electoral law, each sect would elect its own representatives in parliament. Its advocates argue that it would put an end to perceived hegemony by the major sects over smaller ones, while its opponents have warned that it is a recipe for undermining national unity and religious coexistence.
“The mechanism of the proposed law would secure the representation of all minorities of all sects, as there are Christian as well as Muslim minorities that are being deprived of representation under the current laws,” Aoun explained.
“The Orthodox Gathering law does not encroach on the rights of any other sect, and through this justice, national unity and coexistence would be preserved. At that point, no one would feel that someone else is trying to dominate them through stripping them of their (political) representation,” he went on to say.
“How would the popular election of a president breach the Taef Accord? How would the Orthodox Gathering electoral law violate Taef, knowing that it respects the stipulations of the National Pact?”
Asked about al-Mustaqbal movement chief MP Saad Hariri's recent remarks that the presidential vote must be held before the parliamentary polls, Aoun said “Hariri did not propose anything against us, that's why we don't believe that our proposal is targeted against anyone.”
“If he is saying that the president must be elected first, I'm saying the parliamentary polls must come first and the legislature would then elect the president,” Aoun added.
On Friday, Hariri had called for electing a new president "immediately" and holding parliamentary polls afterwards, as part of a roadmap that aims at “protecting Lebanon.”
“The entryway to parliamentary elections is electing a president today before tomorrow because polls without a president mean having a resigned cabinet and preventing the formation of a new council of ministers,” Hariri warned.
“To get accustomed to the absence of a president is a danger that threatens the presidency. The (Lebanese) president is the only Christian leader in the Islamic world and vacuum is against the formula that the Lebanese have agreed on,” he explained.
Turning to regional developments, Aoun saluted "the steadfastness of Gaza's people in the face of the Israeli massacres, which are taking the form of ethnic cleansing aimed at eliminating the Palestinian identity."
"Israel does not want a solution and it seems to be awaiting the disintegration of Arab states so that it can later have a partnership with (the extremist group) the Islamic State (IS) in restructuring it," he added.
"The takfiris in Syria and (Iraq's) Mosul are a crime against humanity that is taking place amid Arab silence and international action that resembles 'offering condolences after death'," Aoun lamented.
He warned that all the choices Christians are being offered by extremist jihadist groups "will eventually lead to their elimination."
"The events in Gaza are aimed at displacing the people who remain in the occupied territories. After eliminating the Palestinian identity, efforts got underway to exterminate the Christian component, and this will end Arab nationalism and replace it with sectarian conflicts," the FPM leader cautioned.
"This way, Israel will manage to win acknowledgement that it is a Jewish state and will get rid of any possible threat against its entity," he explained.
Hundreds of Christians have fled Mosul following an ultimatum from the IS, which is spearheading a militant offensive in vast areas of northern and western Iraq.
Chaldean patriarch Louis Sako said there were still around 35,000 Christians in the city before the IS launched its sweeping offensive on June 9, proclaimed an Islamic “caliphate” straddling Iraqi and Syrian regions, and made Mosul their main Iraqi hub.
He said all had left the city by the time the noon ultimatum expired on Saturday.
In Gaza, at least 593 Palestinians have been killed and 3,640 wounded since Israel launched a fierce assault on Gaza 15 days ago.
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over 9 years
:)
over 9 years
how is that flamethrower?
over 9 years
الطائف مشكلة لأنه يكرس النظام الطائفي
الماروني . أما أن ميشال عون مشكلة، فلأنه حالة إسرائيلية صدامية وتدميرية ولا يرى إلا مصالحه الشخصية ومصالح طائفته. فهو النهج الماروني العنصري في الشرقية
حسن نصرالله - النهار ٦/١١/١٩٨٩
over 9 years
"but we don't care who gets elected.."
Waaahahahahhahahahahahahaaahahahaaaaa!!!!!
over 9 years
De facto my friends, those retards cannot even take a descision at the ministerial u wnt them to all agree thet we must have an emergency state, put kahwaji as prime minister (like amine gemiyel did with aoun?...
Really? Let the start agreeing on some solution for our garbage, water.... Really u think they will agree on this?...
over 9 years
Yes let each sect elect its representative... And u know we should also put religious signs so chrstian can eat during ramadan, and the muslim would be put in jail, and also stop using contraceptives bc the churche says that we must only have sex to procreate...
Ur orthodox law is as retarted as those exemples, we still have this country can we try to live in it with bo one bringing his holly wars and his jihadist duty out of it?..
Can we try to make something civilised?...
Till then enjoy ur orthodox law, try to live in ur cocoon i just hope u will wake up before we go again for a new civil war...
over 9 years
You answer my question or I'm gonna get everyone to start calling you Binary.
over 9 years
What* you're talking about
over 9 years
De facto no to orthodox law because it will bring back even at earlyer stages of mankind than the stage we are in now, because we aim for better not worse, u imagine each sect ellect it representative after u will have laws for each sect, rights for each sect, justice according to each religion, also armed force for each religion, my believe doesnot trlls me to go fight for sayedah zeinak or any holy sites so why should i take the drawback of a religious war i'm against..so each sect will chose what is better for her..
Then u will hv mp elected with thousnds of votes nd others with few humdreeds, wich is more representative?
In few years if things go like this christian will be 20 percent so u think that those will elect 50%of parlement with the aprobabtion of the rest? Don't u see what is going around us, i really want us to take a dive deep in this shit?..my opinion is a laic state with a civil code, same rights and same obligations for all despites religion,sect or orgine...
over 9 years
the president represents all the lebanese and not solely the christians. As such all the lebanese are concerned of how he is elected and you can go yourself to hell you sectarian bum.
over 9 years
always the liars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1UrmGj7Ddo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TczucmLgXd8
over 9 years
Everyone write "Binary" if you agree that flamethrower is running away from my question.
over 9 years
binary hey I like the way it sounds. I feel smarter like binary man
over 9 years
FT
Aoun is nothing but an idiot a lunatic who is hurting the country by paralyzing the political process in order to be elected president
He is nothing but a deir el salib patient and he should return there for good
over 9 years
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over 9 years
Can't say I disagree with him. Down with the traitors and the foreign stooges. Aoun and HA may not be perfect but at least they speak the truth about the world and it's liars and greedy warmonger imperialists. Say what you will about them but at least they do something to defend our country rather than accuse and take petro/Zio dollars. In the case of HA they give their lives to defend villages and those are Lebanese lives whether the Shia haters like it or not. Aoun was the only standing up against the imperialist taef accord while eveyone else including lady gaga sold out
over 9 years
Aoun : "parliamentary polls must precede the stalled presidential vote"
For once, I agree with Aoun ! This parliament is no longer representative of the people and therefore cannot elect a president which is himself representative.
It's the only sentence that actually makes sense coming out of his mouth. All the rest is BS in order to stall even longer!
The orthodox law, although it seems as a good initiative doesn't solve the problem in Lebanon. It diverts the problem along the electoral chain. There should be no meddling of religion into politics to start with. Aoun should call for the abolition of this entire system and all political parties based on sects.
over 9 years
Couldn't have been said better
over 9 years
عون هو داعش لبنان "هذا للتاريخ" .
over 9 years
The background of AOUN talk is:
I will continue to look for silly alternatives UNLESS you accept me preeeesident.
over 9 years
why dont we elect him president of deir el salib and let him rule there?!
Some parties are trying to disregard national pacts in the presidential elections.
18/04/1989 بري: لن نقبل برئيس ماروني بعد الآن
30/06/1989 حزب الله يعلن الولاء المطلق لآية الله السيد علي خامنئي
01/09/1989 حزب الله يعلن حرب مفتوحة مع الموارنة معتبرا حملة عون على سوريا هي حملة لابادة المسلمين
21/09/1989 حزب الله : نرفض رئيسا مارونيا ونرفض الذل تحت اسم التعايش مع النصارى
13/10/1989 حزب الله : سنمزق اتفاق الطائف
20/10/1989 بري: غير معنيين بالطائف والقبول به خيانة
12/11/1989 حزب الله: الطائف استسلام للمارونية السياسية واسرائيل