Consultative Meeting at National Liberal Party HQ after Saturday’s March 14 Meeting Turned into a Demonstration

A consultative meeting for Christian politicians and figures is scheduled to be held at the National Liberal Party’s headquarters on Sunday during which the gatherers are expected to issue a call to President Michel Suleiman over the parliamentary consultations and the “pressures” being exerted on democratic life in Lebanon, reported the daily An Nahar Sunday.

Meanwhile, a conference for March 14 leaders and activists under the slogan of “A Consultative Meeting in Defense of the Republic” that was held on Saturday turned into a demonstration before the March 14 General Secretariat headquarters at Le Gabriel Hotel after its management received a phone call urging it against hosting the conference.

The hotel management chose not to host the gatherers as it sought against getting involved in political disputes, reported the daily.

It later issued a statement however denying that it had been pressured against holding the meeting, saying that it is open to all gatherings on condition that they not be covered by the media in a way that would portray it as a side in the ongoing disputes.

The meeting meanwhile condemned Hizbullah and its allies’ recent actions, warning that the situation in Lebanon could return to the way it was before March 14, 2005.

Members of the March 14 General Secretariat, MPs, and activists, and rejected a government that adopts a “corruption ideology” and which rejects freedoms and the truth.