Aoun Warns of Plot to 'Displace Christians through Emptying Christian State Posts'
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun warned Sunday of a possible plot to “displace” Christians from Lebanon through “emptying Christian posts in state institutions.”
“Today, we are the oppressed component of the country, especially Christians, because those who displaced Christians from the Levant through arms and blood might be plotting to displace us through emptying Christian posts in state institutions,” Aoun told a popular delegation in Rabiyeh.
“They are picking puppet officials who fill the posts in an artificial manner,” he lamented.
“From now on, we won't accept to be 'background actors' or tools for anyone,” Aoun stressed.
Aoun has been lobbying for political consensus on the appointment of Commando Regiment chief Brig. Gen. Chamel Roukoz, his son-in-law, as army chief as part of a package for the appointment of other top security officers.
The government failed last Thursday to agree on the appointments of high-ranking security and military figures.
Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, who is a member of the FPM, has warned that Change and Reform bloc ministers would block any cabinet decision before security appointments are made.
“Nowadays, we are voicing political objection, and me might reach a phase of popular objection, that's why we might summon you in the critical junctures to be by our side,” Aoun told the popular delegation on Sunday.
“Most members of the political class are suspected of stealing public funds, and therefore they don't have the right to accuse others of harming the interests of the Lebanese,” added Aoun, referring to a possible suspension of the cabinet's sessions.
Y.R.
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