Aoun Says Hizbullah Intervened in Syria after Gunmen Infiltrated Lebanon
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday said Hizbullah intervened militarily in Syria after “gunmen” were brought into Lebanon, putting the blame on the March 14 camp and accusing it of creating a “vacuum” in Lebanon.
"We discussed the 'carnival of speeches' that is taking place today about Syria and Hizbullah, as if we have no other problems and as if we forgot the epoch that led us here," Aoun said, referring to the memo submitted by March 14 to President Michel Suleiman.
“Certain parties should have defended Lebanon, but they rather created a vacuum and brought in gunmen, which required another force to stand in their face,” Aoun told reporters after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc.
Addressing the March 14 forces in an indirect manner, the FPM leader added: "Sovereignty is indivisible and vacuum at state institutions brought in the gunmen and the gunmen brought Hizbullah."
"They are not mentioning their own duties and memos cannot achieve anything because they are not seeking Lebanon's interest," he said.
"They comment on a small detail and forget their own deeds, as the former opposition is to blame for everything happening on the border and we didn't hear any of them requesting the deployment of the army," Aoun went on to say.
"What do they want after Hizbullah withdraws from Syria? They don't want an electoral law, they don't want legitimate institutions and they don't want a government and they have been postponing developmental projects amid administrative paralysis," he charged.
Aoun said "a lot of people are taking impotence as an excuse and waiting for others and today the clash escalated in Abra due to these things."
"Who sent the gunmen to Nahr al-Bared? Why did they remain silent over Fatah al-Islam in the judiciary? Who helped the detainees escape (from Roumieh)? Who neglected their responsibilities for years? This manipulation by Internal Security Forces officials led us to this situation," Aoun added.
He called on "those who don't have foreign connections" to "agree with us on rescuing the country through the solidarity of its people, not through the U.S., Russia or the Arab League."
Asked about the extension of parliament's term, Aoun said: "Everyone stabbed us in the issue of extending parliament's term and even had we convinced Hizbullah to vote on our side, extension would not have been avoided, as the extension was approved by both March 14 and March 8."
"Certain parties provided cover for what happened at parliament and others covered what happened in the Constitutional Council," he added.
Source: Naharnet
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