Aoun: Targeting Army is an Attack against the Nation
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun slammed on Monday campaigns against the Lebanese army, saying that attacking it is an assault against the country.
He said after the Change and Reform bloc’s weekly meeting: “Parliament should assume its responsibilities because one of its members crossed his limits when he targeted the army.”
He made his statements in reference to MP Khaled al-Daher who last week accused some members of the security forces of adopting the same repressive approach as the Syrian security forces in their crackdown against anti-regime protestors.
Aoun added: “Such a matter harms the nation. He crossed his limits by attacking the army and we demand legal measures be taken against him.”
Addressing the disappearance of Imam Moussa al-Sadr, the MP said: “This matter belongs to the whole of Lebanon and not just the Shiites.”
“This issue goes beyond our borders. It is a major humanitarian issue and Arab countries must take it upon themselves to resolve the matter of his disappearance,” he continued.
Furthermore, he revealed that the Justice Minister had, in April, been handed a proposal on settling the matter of kidnapped individuals, but he has yet to take any action.
On the dispute over the electricity file in Lebanon, Aoun accused the Mustaqbal movement of being behind parliament’s failure to adopt the electricity draft law, adding that it is depriving the Lebanese of power.
“The law was presented scientifically and there is nothing wrong with it,” stressed the FPM leader.
“If they want to settle the electricity crisis, they would approve the law,” he added.
A few weeks ago, parliament failed to approve an electricity draft law proposed by Aoun that allows Energy Minister Jebran Bassil to receive $1,200,000,000 to implement a project on producing 700 Megawatts of electricity.
The March 14-led opposition says that the draft law gives the minister the freedom to use the amount of money without referring to the cabinet or without any monitoring by the Audit Bureau.
Opposition and National Struggle Front MPs have objected to the law.
“I fear that the campaign against us is aimed at covering up the theft of state funds. We have financial files on major officials who are criticizing us,” Aoun said.
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