Aoun Slams Government Inaction over Bir Hassan Blasts
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun condemned on Tuesday the blasts that targeted the Bir Hassan blasts earlier on Tuesday, questioning the government's failure to convene to tackle this issue.
He said after the Change and Reform bloc's weekly meeting: “President Michel Suleiman and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati must call cabinet to session in order to address the latest developments.”
He added however that the two officials are not in control of their actions “because they are pawns in the hands of other authorities.”
The president is responsible for safeguarding the constitution, as stipulated in article 56, but Suleiman is not performing this duty, lamented Aoun.
Moreover, he asked: “Is the government's caretaker role thwarting it from convening?”
“Officials are standing idly by as Lebanon burns,” he stated.
At least 23 people were killed and 150 wounded in the blasts in the Hizbullah stronghold of Bir Hassan.
The powerful explosions just opposite the multi-storey embassy caused chaos, ripping the facades off nearby buildings and setting cars ablaze.
They come after two other bomb attacks this year in the southern suburbs of Beirut that are the bastion of Hizbullah.
The group, which is sponsored by Iran, has drawn controversy for sending thousands of fighters to support the regime of Syria's President Bashar Assad as he battles a 32-month-old uprising.
Source: Naharnet
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