Aoun Hopes Obama 'Won't Act Like Bush', Says Miqati Named Directors General as 'His Spies'

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Aoun: We are ruled by "occupied minds" and if things were subject to a specific course, I would have said when the cabinet will be formed, but every other day, there is a new reason for the delay. over 10 years
Aoun: On September 9, the U.S. Congress will take a decision on Syria and on September 11 the attacks on New York will be commemorated, and we hope Obama will not act like Bush. over 10 years
Aoun: We are with the Syrian people and with those who preserve its safety, not with those who sent them al-Nusra Front. over 10 years
Aoun: Failure to issue the decree indicates that they don't want to extract the oil. The issue represents a loss for Christians because they don't want us to succeed in any ministry, as all the former ministers did not achieve anything in the fields of oil, energy or water. over 10 years
Aoun: All of us know that the deadline for the issuance of the oil decree had ended yesterday. over 10 years
Aoun: This is a constitutional and legal heresy that is against all the norms of proper governance. over 10 years
Aoun: This case did not happen in any cabinet in the world. over 10 years
Aoun: The (caretaker) PM has issued a decree in which he says bizarre things about the jurisdiction of the caretaker cabinet ... and he has named directors general as his "spies." over 10 years
Aoun: Let the draft law be defeated in the Administration and Justice Committee, but I have performed my duties before God and society. over 10 years
FPM leader MP Michel Aoun after weekly meeting of Change and Reform bloc: I had suggested in 2005 to form a parliamentary committee on security, but they have been delaying it because there is a political will against its creation. It should be a regular committee like the rest of committees and MPs must demand a proper performance from the security agencies, or else it should not be formed and let them bear the responsibility. over 10 years

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday hoped U.S. President Barack Obama will not act on Syria as his predecessor George W. Bush acted on Iraq, accusing caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati of appointing directors general as “his spies” in state institutions.

“I had suggested in 2005 to form a parliamentary committee on security, but they have been delaying it because there is a political will against its creation. It should be a regular committee like the rest of committees and MPs must demand a proper performance from the security agencies, or else it should not be formed and let them bear the responsibility,” Aoun said after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc in Rabiyeh.

“Let the draft law be defeated in the Administration and Justice Committee, but I have performed my duties before God and society,” he added.

Aoun accused Miqati of issuing a decree “in which he says bizarre things about the jurisdiction of the caretaker cabinet,” noting that the caretaker premier “has named directors general as his spies.”

“This case did not happen in any cabinet in the world. This is a constitutional and legal heresy that is against all the norms of proper governance,” he said.

Turning to the issue of oil exploration, Aoun said: “All of us know that the deadline for the issuance of the oil decree had ended yesterday.”

“Failure to issue the decree indicates that they don't want to extract the oil. The issue represents a loss for Christians because they don't want us to succeed in any ministry, as all the former ministers did not achieve anything in the fields of oil, energy or water,” Aoun added.

On the Syrian crisis, the FPM leader said: “We are with the Syrian people and with those who preserve their safety, not with those who sent them al-Nusra Front.”

Commenting on a possible U.S.-led strike on Syria, accused of attacking areas near Damascus with chemical weapons, Aoun said: “On September 9, the U.S. Congress will take a decision on Syria and on September 11 the attacks on New York will be commemorated, and we hope Obama will not act like Bush.”

Asked about the cabinet formation process, Aoun said: “We are ruled by 'occupied minds' and if things were subject to a specific course, I would have said when the cabinet will be formed, but every other day, there is a new reason for the delay.”

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Thumb justice over 10 years

These links below are a must read!

http://www.alarabiya.net/ar/iran/2013/09/02/تسجيل-صوتي-لرفسنجاني-يؤكد-تحميله-الأسد-القصف-الكيماوي.html

http://www.alarabiya.net/ar/arab-and-world/syria/2013/09/03/محادثة-لسفير-إيراني-وحزب-الله-تثبت-تورط-الأسد-بالكيماوي.html

Thumb ado.australia over 10 years

Will you thank me for these links as well? Enough of this war and the funding of it.

www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/502830/20130901/pat-buchanan-syria-chemical-false-flag-saudi.htm

www.mintpressnews.com/witnesses-of-gas-attack-say-saudis-supplied-rebels-with-chemical-weapons/168135/

Default-user-icon Hammerhead (Guest) over 10 years

God doesn't throw stones, when he wants to vent his vengeance on a nation, he sends them Aoun.

Thumb lebanon_first over 10 years

Again GMA makes sense in this speech. His biggest mistake is his bombing Geagea in 1989 and the weakening of the Christians. If he'd hadn't, we would be an independent country by now, flying out of halate, not having to contend with medieval cartoon characters, not involved in assad's war, not waiting for terrorist khamanei or bandar to form a government and with 2M refugees less. This is his biggest mistake. Not his HA Memoranum of understanding.

Missing greatpierro over 10 years

From a maor mistake to another. The HA memorandum is a huge mistake because it gave cover to HA to cannibalize the Lebanese state and institution. GMA does not open his mouth about Ha taking away the custom duties, neither does his say any thing about HA terrorists acts.

Missing mohammad_ca over 10 years

good point...would the "resistance" fall under the mandate of this security committee he is proposing?

Missing peace over 10 years

aoun was promised the presidency by hafez elassad, forgot that...(source? his close collaborators at the time testified it...) but when assad chose someone else aoun launch his "liberation war" to get revenge... then assad allowed him to come back under the condition to ally with them....

Missing peace over 10 years

whatever ignorant....

Thumb smarty over 10 years

this oil is a curse. it's going to divide the country more than you think. it should be left as is in the sea.

Thumb smarty over 10 years

Mr Aoun is wasting our precious commodity: oxygen.

Mr Aoun is wasting our precious commodity: energy.

Default-user-icon Truth (Guest) over 10 years

Now time to go back and eat croissants in the french parisians suburbs my General !

Thumb smarty over 10 years

+1

Missing hb9z over 10 years

the disaster that hit all lebanon beyond what anyone can imagine is called Michel AOUN . how did he escape the asfouriyeh in his younger years is a mystery....but the dementia will hit soon when he figures out that hes not gonna sit his butt of the baadba chair.....

Thumb bustany over 10 years

You can NOT stop people from killing themselves. The culture fighting Assad proven the love for death. People find destiny in death, you can Not stop them.

Default-user-icon JHB (Guest) over 10 years

still drunk i see