Bassil: Aoun eagerly waiting to leave Baabda, resistance can't be strong without state
President Michel Aoun is eagerly waiting to leave the Baabda Palace when his term ends and "then we will return to our nature away from the palace’s limitations," Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil said on Friday.
"The caretaker cabinet is not eligible to practice presidential powers and the presidential vote must be held on time to prevent vacuum," Bassil added, in an interview on al-Manar TV.
As for the formation of a new government, the FPM chief said "there is no hope that a government will be formed" soon, adding that he does not have "any demands."
"We call for forming a government so that we don't enter a full vacuum, " he added.
"The PM-designate has no intention to form a government and he is not exerting efforts," Bassil charged.
Mikati "wants to keep this government because he doesn't want to shoulder the responsibility of three matters -- removing the central bank governor, the border demarcation file and the issue of refugees," the FPM chief added.
Moreover, he stressed that it is Mikati and not the FPM who does not want a new government because he was "the one who visited Baabda and presented a line-up to the president, telling him 'I changed three of your ministers and a I've changed a fourth in agreement with Speaker (Nabih) Berri.'"
Bassil also said that he "will not insist on the energy portfolio in the new government," adding that he has informed France of this.
"We have not held onto the energy portfolio and in Hariri's government we suggested allotting it to Hezbollah but it refused it," he noted.
As for the relation with Hezbollah, Bassil said: "The resistace was betrayed in the July War and I will defend Hezbollah no matter what, because there is a scheme to liquidate it and eliminate it."
"The resistance cannot be strong without a state," he added, criticizing Hezbollah's alliance with Berri.
"We won over Israel in war but we didn't win over it in peace, and victory does not only come through weapons but rather in living with dignity. Why should the resistance be at the expense of the state?" Bassil asked.
"Without a state, there would be no homeland, but rather sectarian fiefdoms," he warned.
over 3 years
باسيل يمضي 3 أيام على يخت “صديق” في موناكو
https://www.lebanese-forces.com/2022/07/22/bassil-316/
over 3 years
أقام رئيس تيار مثير للجدل ثلاثة أيام على متن يخت أحد كبار رجال الأعمال في أفريقيا، لم يتولَ أي منصب سياسي في لبنان، ولكنه يتكرّم بتبرعات مالية، وقيل إن الإقامة تخلّلها الإحتفال بعيد ميلاد زوجة رئيس التيار.
over 3 years
lol @ 'We won over Israel in war but we didn't win over it in peace'
over 3 years
So Bassil admits that his terrorist organisation "fought" a war against Israel and without the permission of the legal government of Lebanon.
I don't know where he dreams that his terrorist organisation won a war over Israel, but it certainly isn't within their hands to arrange a peace with Israel. That is certainly within the authority of the Government of the Republic of Lebanon, whether his cronies like it or not.
over 3 years
Yes, I remember in 2006 we won the war against Israel. Our airport was closed and under siege; our port was closed and under siege; every bridge in Lebanon was destroyed; Dahieh was in rubbles; and the Israeli army was at the Litani river. Yes, it was indisputable win!
over 3 years
lol
over 3 years
He has no competitors for the CYA award. It's unanimous!
over 3 years
Bassil: Electricity cannot come through prayers but rather through building power plants
And controlling the ministry of energy for the last dozenish years, how many power plants have been proposed and built.
The interview was on manar, so didn't exactly expect anything intellectual from him or the channel.
Shut up, you talk too loud
You don't fit in with the crowd
I can't believe you exist
I've crossed you right off my list
Too much, too soon
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No class, no class
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No, buddy, I can't spare a dime
Fade out, baby, that's right
No bark and even less bite
Your perfect smile
Betrays your lack of style
No class, no class
Ah, no class, no class
Too late, you can't catch up now
You face the wrong way anyhow
I know you ain't got the brain
To come in out of the rain
Too bad, no magic
I'm afraid you're merely tragic
No class, baby, no class
No class, ah, no class
- Motörhead