Change and Reform Condemns 'Usurpation of Voice of Aoun's Supporters'
Head of the Change and Reform bloc MP Michel Aoun will adopt an “escalatory” approach should the current “political practices persist,” announced former Minister Salim Jreissati.
He said after the bloc's weekly meeting: “We reject the usurpation of the voice of the people who support Aoun.”
Free Patriotic Movement supporters staged a rally on Sunday to back Aoun and to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the events of October 13, 1990.
Jreissati reiterated the proposal of Aoun for the election of a president through the people, adding: “This initiative is now in the hands of the public.”
“We should stop meddling with our constitution and with the rights of the people,” he demanded.
“No state institution can be established without the voice of the people,” he stressed.
In addition, Jreissati revealed that Change and Reform MPs will take part in next Tuesday's election of new members of parliamentary committees.
Lebanon has been without a president since May 2014 when the term of Michel Suleiman ended without the election of a successor.
Ongoing disputes between the rival March 8 and 14 camps over a compromise candidate have thwarted the polls.
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