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Report: Aoun Rejects Offer Made by Moqbel on Roukoz

Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun has reportedly told Defense Minister Samir Moqbel that he would continue to abide by the law despite an offer to promote his son-in-law in the military institution.

Sources told An Nahar daily published on Tuesday that Moqbel suggested to Aoun that his son-in-law Commando Regiment chief Brig. Gen. Chamel Roukoz, whose tenure ends in October, be promoted.

But Aoun rejected the idea outright.

“How would we accept the violation of the law and the constitution?” Aoun asked Moqbel during a meeting they held in Rabieh on Monday.

The lawmaker, who is also the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, and the defense chief have been at loggerheads over the extension of the terms of several high-ranking officials.

The FPM says the extensions are illegal.

Aoun wants Roukoz to become army chief to replace Gen. Jean Qahwaji whose term ends in September.

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