Aoun Slams PSP over 'Racism' Remarks, Says Ideology Responsible for Bombings outside Lebanon
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday noted that “the ideology responsible” for the latest bombings in the country is “outside Lebanon,” lashing out at the “feudalism” of Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat and his aides.
“Several parties have talked about the issue of (Syrian) refugees and what struck me were the remarks of (Jumblat's bloc MP Akram) Shehayyeb and (PSP spokesman) Rami al-Rayyes, who spoke in the name of the PSP's feudalism about the 'racism' of Michel Aoun and (caretaker Energy and Water) Minister (Jebran) Bassil,” Aoun told reporters after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc in Rabiyeh.
“Shehayyeb and al-Rayyes have mentioned us for the second time and we did not respond so that we don't stir chaos and problems and invoke the past, but they have insisted on attacking us. We do not accept to be called racists, as the racists are those who had derogated Maronites in 'Hitler-like remarks',” Aoun added, referring to remarks voiced by Jumblat in the past.
“I remind Jumblat of the Maaser al-Chouf massacre and I remind of the 64 children they slaughtered and killed in 1983,” Aoun went on to say, accusing the PSP of “feudalism and killing of children.”
The FPM leader noted that there are “safe regions” for the refugees inside Syria. “There are pro-revolution and anti-revolution areas (and the refugees can choose between them,” he added.
Last Tuesday, the Change and Reform bloc proposed a plan to deal with the refugee crisis, calling for putting an end to the entry of Syrians into the country.
“Lebanon must stop receiving Palestinians and Syrians fleeing Syria except for those with special health and humanitarian needs justified by the ministers of health and interior,” Bassil said back then.
“The bloc came forward with plans before to deal with this issue but we were accused of racism. And now Lebanon is left to face the worst crisis in modern history,” he warned.
The bloc urged coordination with Syrian authorities to “assure the return of Syrians to safe regions in their country,” demanding the establishment of “temporary residential compounds” on the Syrian side of the border.
Answering a reporter's question, Aoun said: “Everything is possible and bombings might happen in Christian regions because the ideology responsible is the same and it does not differentiate between one region and another."
He noted that the aforementioned "ideology" is "outside Lebanon."
On Thursday, 25 people were killed and around 300 others wounded in a powerful car bombing that rocked the Beirut southern suburb of Ruwais, after which Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah noted that the extremist "Takfiris" will not differentiate between Sunnis, Shiites and Christians in their attacks.
Turning to the issue of oil exploration, Aoun said: “We will not allow some parties to obstruct the issue of oil decrees, as these resources can generate revenues for Lebanon."
On the parliamentary session postponed earlier in the day by Speaker Nabih Berri over lack of quorum, Aoun said: "We want clear draft laws and agendas in order to attend parliament sessions."
"Why should we go to parliament amid this approach regarding administrative appointments? To strike deals?" he added.
Separately, Aoun said: "It is still too early to hold a Christian-Christian meeting."
"There is no problem in holding a Christian meeting, but we must first define the topics that we should discuss," he added, in response to a reporter's question.
over 10 years
says the man who finds excuses for those who bomb civilians.
over 10 years
Find excuses? NEVER!
Explain the reasons? Akeed! Le terrorisme appelle le terrorisme à l'instar du sucre qui appelle le sucre.
over 10 years
¡ Hola todos !
¿Guess how one can differentiate normal naharnet users from a paid mouthpiece? The answer is ez. The mouthpiece returns with hyphens, dots and underscores.... not because they're masochists but because they're ordered to do so by their employers...
¡Don't pity them; Never negotiate with the terrorism apologists !
over 10 years
lol benzona, you say you dont find excuses and in the same sentence you do it again. by saying "this called that" you're justifying it, you're saying it's normal that they blew up a street full of civilians because "it had a reason". the minimum decent thing would be to denounce the murder of innocents under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, it is NEVER justified to deliberately target civilians.
and despite your wettest dreams, reality shows that in every confrontation they were involved in, HA exclusively targetter combatants, whether in the 2006 war or in the quseyr battle.
primesuspect > no that only shows how much our comments disturb your narrow minds and how little you're able to answer, so you frenetically press "report" on every post and naharnet eventually gives in to censorship.
but you want know how to detect attention _____ ? they use lots of silly symbols to attract attention.
over 10 years
tiger, y do u have to insult people?
over 10 years
banikharoof: yea, i agree with roar that joumblat is the slickest "diplomatist", but he is also one of the biggest thieves and turncoats. what's the problem with that? do you only see things in total black or total white?
actually it makes sense, that would explain how little nuanced your views are
over 10 years
LOL they never do! They think the outside word is crazy...
over 10 years
roar : you disappoint me. I'm deeply disappointed because your manipulative, deceptive and twisting my words? Where did I write that I own a building? The tale was about my flat and my second floor Amal neighbours which I (and my family) truly respect.
The friend I was talking to? Is a fact...l I know you don't like fact.... You napoleaounists attack people personally when you're out of arguments. It's your loss.
FlameT: I Like your humour, you can say anything it doesn't matter ca me glisse sur la peau. It only do I have Jewish friends, but I also have Jewish blood flowing in my body. I'm not sectarian, and when I do say sectarian things, it's only to shock. I enjoy shocking people.... But the fact is I love everyone except people who have blood on their hands.
Allahū Akbar ;-)
Cheers!
over 10 years
Oooooooh! Beady eyes!!!! I like it!
over 10 years
Hahaha you're about it kill me. NapoleAoun? Man, I'm ROTFL!
over 10 years
People are full of blind hatred of GMA because of the MOU with hezb Iran. Snap out of it people. See what he is saying today:New elections-oil exploration- close borders to refugees...
You are so slow that you don't see that he' is speaking sense.
over 10 years
Yeah, and what's the use of all of this if we have a terrorist organization ruling the country?
over 10 years
Can't do a trying abt HA eagle. Until lebanese state get rich enough to buy weapons and to hire lobbyists to allow us to buy weapons.
Or until Syrias Assad falls or Iran implodes.
Meanwhile we still have to live!
over 10 years
God bless General Aoun for his staunch patriotism, defense of Lebanon's democracy, and opposition to February 14-sponsored Wahabism.
over 10 years
i wonder how karim's face is going to look like when Aoun finally declares himself independent of hizb iran as it seems he is getting closer and closer to doing so...
over 10 years
Lebanon's big picture? Going back to the time where if I went down right now to Gemayzeh I would see people from all over the world here to spend money in my country. Looking at the Beirut Exchange and seeing green arrows. Not feeling like I have to shave my saksookeh before going on the airport road LOL. Go away FT.
over 10 years
but really, seeing the gymnastics you and all FPM'ers will have to do after Aoun heads off to Riyadh in the not so distant Future will be hilarious. Future capitalized on purpose, wil sama zar2a ;)
over 10 years
i'm an atheist so your statement is wrong, but even as an atheist i know there is nothing wrong with religious, so your statement is pointless. the problem with religions is when they want to burn "heretics" and slaughter "kufars"
over 10 years
Kam once said 'Everything has a beginning and an end. Hizbullah apparently decided to take a short cut to its own demise.'
this also applies to fpm ''leader''
over 10 years
@Mowaten, your answer suggests you might be an Agnostic rather than an Atheist. The practitioners of the three principle religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam worship God thus if you are an Atheist you would see everything wrong with religion. No criticizing, just pointing out that you might be using the wrong term.
over 10 years
keep talking all you want,your heads will always be step on.you guys dont even exist sorry thats the truth
over 10 years
I hate being forced to agree with the deranged enabler of Hizb Tehran but....Jumby and co. need to cool it with the anti-Christian behavior. Because if we are forced to make a choice, it is Hakim 100%...
over 10 years
shu 5assak wle. i am discussing m14 business im sure you have some ba'ath and SSNP friends go practice your hitler salute with them eheheh. mazboot, won't Qanso be upset with Aoun for using hitler in a negative light in this speech?
over 10 years
Proudlebanon. You're mistaken about FT.
Actually, he was expected to show up to stop cars at hezbi checkpoints on the airport highway they need is intelligence and wisdom to bother tourists before picking up who's going to get abducted and who isn't..
over 10 years
Why does Napo-Aoun retire, he has no added value to Lebanon & never did
over 10 years
go figure, takfiris are slaughtering christians in syria, kidnapping priests and bishops, and bombing churches, yet they support them..
over 10 years
go figure, the Syrian regime was slaughtering Christians (not to mention Shiites, Sunnis, Druze, Palestinians) in lebanon, kidnapped priests and bishops (not to mention Sheikhs and Imams), and bombed churches (not to mention mosques, hospitals), yet you never stopped supporting it.. Hell Hassan was so impressed he even thanked it!
over 10 years
Feudalism, funny that's what all the ex-FPM officials including the four wise men gave as the reason for leaving the FPM.. that and the corruption of comisyangeh bassil.
over 10 years
MPs should be paid on basis of attendance, this guy is almost never there and he's always in the country, you'd see much less of these if it was the case
over 10 years
M11'er, that's because he didn't understand your post. the_squeak doesn't know the differences between the legislative or the executive much less the finer points of why they shouldn't be confused with each other.
over 10 years
Realistically the cabinet should have representatives from FM, FPM, Amal, LF, and PSP. Hizbullah excluded due to obvious reasons and its ministers given to Amal.
over 10 years
Why were Flame's posts deleted? Now it looks like half of us are schizo talking to ourselves...
over 10 years
I finally know who's eyes Mr Aoun has. He's a replica of famous German actor Horst Tappert.
over 10 years
I miss Slash, I miss Jabbour, I miss Bandoul.
over 10 years
@I am here prime...rest assured I read everything and I know who the agitators are and how to avoid them...thanks for the shout out tho.
over 10 years
if he wasn't a crazy puppet, syrians would have assasinated aoun before he left lebanon to france when he was surrounded in the embassy..But they knew they gonna use him 2o years later so they left him alive. good job, great puppet, dreaming of being one day lebanese president, and always drunk of power. Aoun u are tarnishing the Christians in lebanon and the mid east. Take ure pills and relax, its better like that!!!!
over 10 years
You can't teach stupid. If a tree is 45 degree how can you make it 90?
over 10 years
It seems Mr Aoun dementia is reversed. He lost his long term, not his shiot term memory. 1976 Kataeb and Syrians massacred the Druze family in Salima, women, elderly and children. Keep on living in the past Mr Aoun. All parties have satanic history. Kataeb, PSP, Syrian army, Amal, Hizbullah, Kuwwat, PLO, IDF, and it was topped by you in 1989; killing your own sect. Your history is not any better than your present. Allied with hizbsatan to kill Hariri. bye bye Aoun.
over 10 years
Ma3kol e7tirami la lkol aoun sar kharfan bi ekher eyemo wa men ba3dihi sawfa yata7awwal tayar la tayarat lianna tayar mozayyaf
over 10 years
I have to admit that GMA has & is the only politician that speaks his mind without been diplomatic . The only other person that spoke his mind without any regards to any warlord friend or foe just as he saw it was Bachir ( god bless his soul ) . Now we have a similar true blood Lebanese wanting to control the influx of Refugees into our already over populated Palestinians Refugees who instigated the 1970's civil war & still are to this very day playing a major role in destabilising our country into chaos add another 1.3 million Syrians into the mix then we have a Powder Keg about to explode !
GMA is on the right track with our Refugee problem but should take it a bit further with his policy , place ALL refugees on the Israeli / Lebanese borders, I say we should have a Referendum ! Get rid of them & let the Israelis / UN handle the problem that they have created !
Signed Wolf.
over 10 years
Naharnet, where are the other comments on this story? Ramadan has come and gone. Get back to work please.
over 10 years
Aoun went to Lebanon as a "Change and Reform" agent allegedly, to end the corruption in Lebanese politics. In reality, he did not want to end the corruption, but to become the leader of it and its main benefactor for himself and his family, as the other "feudal" leaders had. His intent is to become the heir to feudal leadership. Aoun's actions have taken all credibility away from anything he has to say. He is not apart from that which he criticizes, rather he is enmeshed into the corruption. He is the kettle calling the skillet black.
And in an effort, he says to withhold responding to PSP reps "so that we don't stir chaos and problems and invoke the past", in the next breath he drags up events from 30 years ago in 1983. He really needs to go home and get on his medicine.
Pro terror speaking..... Addressing his terrorist fan base.