Aoun: No Settlement Has Been Reached Yet over Administrative Appointments
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stated on Tuesday that no appointment has yet been reached over the appointments of top civil servants.
He said after the Change and Reform bloc’s weekly meeting: “An agreement over this issue has not been reached with President Michel Suleiman.”
No disputes over this issue will erupt if all sides adhere to the constitution, he stressed.
“I think all sides have been convinced to respect the constitution,” said the MP.
On his ties with Prime Minister Najib Miqati, Aoun commented: “Time will reveal the reasons for the tensions between us.”
“All reports on my relations with Miqati are true. Reasons for objections over a proposal should be justified otherwise such action can be deemed as spiteful,” added the FPM leader.
On the government’s preparation of a new history book to be taught at schools, Aoun voiced his objection to the omission of some historic events in Lebanon’s history.
Asked by a reporter about the omission of the events of October 13, 1990, the MP responded: “The current history book that is being assessed by government is not suitable for schools.”
“No one can eliminate a single historic development,” he stressed.
The new history book has created an uproar after it omitted the 2005 Cedar Revolution that led to the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon after a nearly 30-year presence in the country.
The book also requires that an hour be dedicated to teaching students about the resistance, meaning Hizbullah, while disregarding the “Lebanese resistance,” which MP Sami Gemayel mentioned during his press conference earlier on Tuesday.
On October 13, 1990, Syrian fighter jets conducted raids on what was then called eastern Beirut, which forced Aoun, who was then the head of the military government, to leave the presidential palace and seek refuge at the French embassy before leaving for exile in Paris.
Source: Naharnet
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