Raad Says Sharp Differences with FPM Will Not Lead to Rift
Head of Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc MP Mohammed Raad said on Saturday that the sharp differences with the Free Patriotic Movement will not lead to a rift between the allies, stressing that those who are staking on the collapse of agreements and allies will be disappointed.
“As long as there is a strategic understanding, no one will be able to create a rift,” Raad said.
He slammed those who tried to take advantage of the disagreement between the two parties in order to abolish the memorandum of understanding
“They will be disappointed,” Raad stated.
The parliament’s approval of Electricite du Liban’s contract workers’ full-time employment widened the gap between the tripartite alliance between AMAL, FPM and Hizbullah.
Energy Minister Jebran Bassil accused Speaker Nabih Berri of violating the constitution by not discussing his proposal at the parliament, adding that Hizbullah is playing the role of a “spectator.”
Berri decided to suspend the legislative session on Tuesday after Aoun’s Change and Reform bloc, the Phalange party, Lebanese Forces, Ashrafiyeh and Zahle MPs boycotted the session to protest the approval.
The Christian MPs argue that the permanent employment of the EDL workers would destabilize the sectarian balance at the state-run company as around 80 percent of them belong to non-Christian sects and most of them support Berri, who is a Shiite.
Raad pointed out that the resistance is the best choice to safeguard stability in Lebanon against Israel.
He said that Lebanon would be a great country if the resistance and the army were able to guarantee stability in it.
“Instead of drifting behind useless projects that aim at shredding the country and spreading division and strife among the Lebanese, we should be able to create a real country with a sponsoring state,” the MP said.
He lashed out at the Israeli threats, saying: “What the resistance is preparing for the enemy is bigger than all its illusions regarding its readiness.”
On Thursday, Israeli Brigadier-General Hertzi Halevy said that there are several factors that can ignite a war with Lebanon, warning that his country is preparing seriously and professionally for another Lebanon war.
Raad said that Hizbullah is reaching out to all the Lebanese even those who have political disputes with them.
almost 12 years
of course you will not let go of aoun. he gave you all you needed to legitimize your illegal weapons and the state within a state. only a fool would think that your hizb will let aoun go. in retrospect please keep him and keep changing his diapers for the rest of his life. sooner or later the butcher of damascus will fall and you will fall right with him.
almost 12 years
before the end of this year, hizbushaitan, fpm, syrian regime and co will be of the past.
almost 12 years
That would be Lebanon's prayers answered!
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big lol... and it doesn t bother you to follow a man who claimed for decades that hezb were terrorists and now allies with them... you have no dignity that s all! like your beloved leader in fact!
budget stalling : for years M8 blocked the budgets with their resignations the blocking of parliament...
as for water a lot has been done and is still being done...
electricity: when M8 ministers were in place under hariri they only talked about israel but never on how to solve the pb!
so if you gob the lies of aoun who only allied hezb for power and MONEY then you are soooooo naive....
(oh! remember when he came back from france the syrians ordered him not to ally with hariri or joumblatt and that against his return; LOL!)
almost 12 years
let's see :)
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Head of Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc MP Mohammed Raad said on Saturday that the sharp differences with the Free Patriotic Movement will not lead to a rift between the allies
of course you wont ya hayawan. can you have a majority without aoun? no! so you will keep supplying him with profits from drug dealing to shut him up. and you will continue to take away the christian rights, while the illiterate aoun supporters believe that aoun is restoring the christian rights
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He will not let go of General 3aooooo, as long as he keeps barking...
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Aoun the dog and his master...
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Thiis Raad guy should book his flight to the Hague as well...
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Dear Mr. Raad. Israel does not want war. They are building a wall with us.
We understand the chiites were ma7roumin for years under Maronite rule then by Israeli rule.
But now, sir, you are the oppressor.
Please start by
1 - disarming your ally thugs psns-baath-jibril... all those nonlebanese thugs parasites.
2- give your small weapons to the Lebanese army.
3- if u r so concerned abt Israel keep ur long distance missiles for now.
But realize that the wheel turns... we want to live with you. But you have to stop oppressing us. Else it will turn against you. This is karma.
almost 12 years
Israel touches a tree hezballah barks and threats with war same for the shepherd. Lebanese are beeing killed in the north by mortar shells Hezballah does not care. That's the resistance all they care about is the South Lebanon, Iran and Bashar !!!
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I am not really saying israelis are angels. I agree with you and i hate israel's guts. israel is a problem. I would certainly prefer to have Norway as my neighbor.
However, to prioritize issues, today in 2012, with unifil in the south, Israel is Lebanon's problem number 5 or 6. HA's weapons is our problem number 1 or 2-ex-aequo with syria's criminal regime.
almost 12 years
as long as an uncontrolled political party does wht it wants in lebanon and its sole political platform is the destruction of israel of course they ll fight it...
the day lebanon recovers a government which is the only institution that has arms and with which you can negociate then israel will leave lebanon in peace...
those naive people who believe that we have to fight indefinately israel and do nothing when attacked in the north, are just a bunch of brainwashed people!
hezb can only exist by its sole purpose which is to fight israel and obeying iran, they do not care about lebanon! and those allied with it are its accomplices. if a true resistance they would resist against all the countries that attack the sovereignty not only israel... that proves that hezb doesn t care about lebanon and its independence!
naive are those fpmers and followers of this party...
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If you remove the word "Isreal" and replace it with "Syria", you will notice that the same applies. Both are enemies of Lebanon and both are worse than each other. When will you wake up ya FT and start realizing that when you support Syria you are supporting ISreal as well. All you need to do is support Lebanon ... ONLY LEBANON ... once you start doing that then we can sit and talk.
almost 12 years
Could it be that the FPM is seeing the writing on the wall (Bashar's imminent collapse) and is reassing it's position? Could it be that the FPM is seeing the disagreement with Hezbollah and Berri as an opportunity to distance themselves from them? Aoun's talk the other day of "relieving Hezbollah from their burden" sure sounded like a distancing maneuver.
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Actually, aoun who championed "getting back christian rights" cannot accpet at any cost now before the elections the hiring of such a big disproportionate number of shia.
but at the same time, he went too far with hizbushaitan that now he cannt back up: they would simply kill him. he has been covering for their criminal acts for such a long time now....
he is in dire straights now, and just does not knw what to do, as for hizbushaitan and berri, this is a vital matter too before elections, especially the sayed did not get back the abducted shia from syria yet...
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Well in this case he needs to say it like it is, that defending Christian rights is at the core of the fpm's mission, and that hezb/amal's positions are a gross violation of those principle rendering the "understanding" null and void.
The FPM has excellent ideas and there always has been a current of renewal in the party.
Aoun is too mercurial to get along with anybody. He needs to step down and give a new generation of FMP:er the chance. Geagea needs to do the same. Only then can the parties have a constructive alliance.
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