كنعان: لن نقبل بتجاوزنا والتعاطي معنا كما تعاطوا في الثلاثين سنة الماضية
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شدد النائب ابراهيم كنعان على اهمية المصالحة بين "الوطني الحر" و"القوات"، لافتا الى أنها جاءت حتى لا يفكر أجد مستقبلا بتجاوز حقوق المسيحيين، رافضا التعاطي معهما كما في الثلاثين سنة الماضية.
وقال كنعان "كثر ظنوا أننا اتفقنا للمجيء فقط برئيس جمهورية ولتقاسم السلطة إنما نحن اتفقنا حتى لا يفكر أحد مستقبلا أن يتجاوزنا أو يتجاوز حقوقنا، نحن اتفقنا لنقوم بشراكة حقيقية في هذا الوطن، لن نرفض احدا ولكن لن نقبل بالتعاطي معنا كما كانوا يتعاطون في الثلاثين السنة الماضية".
وأوضح "نحن اتفقنا لأننا أيقنا من خلال تجاربنا في المنفى وفي الاعتقال أنه بدون اتحادنا لن نحقق شيئا ورأينا كيف سويا حققنا الكثير".
وأضاف "حققنا ما كان يعتبر مستحيلا واليوم كل هذا الإرباك الذي نراه والاستهداف الاعلامي على صعيد تشكيل الحكومة وغيرها هو نتيجة عدم توقع أحد أن نتفق".
وتوجه كنعان الى مناصري القوات والوطني الحر بالقو ل "أدعوكم من كل قلبي الى أن تعيشوا هذه المصالحة وتتحدوا فعليا وألا تدعوا السياسة تفرقكم. التنافس جميل وطبيعي وضروري لتحقيق الديموقراطية لكن ليس لدرجة التفرقة ، فالتحالف هو القاعدة بيننا اما الخلاف فهو استثنائي، يجب الا تفرقنا السياسة ولا المصالح فرسالتنا كبيرة".
وخلص الى القول "نحن من يوحد لبنان ومن يجعله قويا ليكون رسالة للمنطقة وللشرق ونقطة قوة لكل مسيحيي الشرق ولن نستعمل هذه القوة لالغاء احد على العكس نحن لن نضع فيتو على أحد لكننا لن نقبل بوضع فيتو على حلفائنا".
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Article 24 of the Lebanese Constitution, which reserves half of Parliament's seats to Christians, is a "right" of Christians? I just glanced at the portions about amending the Lebanese Constitution. There is no way for the people to gain full voting rights, no referendum, no provinicial democratic institution (no thirteen colonies sending delegates to a constitutional convention). The present regime must decide to give up that monopoly, that privileged position that Article 24 gives it, or, as Thomas Jefferson would say, risk losing the entire governing structure.
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Actually Chapter 2 article 22 of Taef stipulate that the senate was supposed to equally represent the different sects while the chamber of deputies was supposed to be secular. Instead in 1992 the Syrian occupation increased the number of deputies from 108 to 128 and scraped the creation of the senate. It also put Berri in charge of threatening everyone with the creation of the senate whenever someone, usually from the Christian community, complained about the heavy handedness of the Syrian occupation. Since 2005 the internal bickering made sure no senate was created, while Berri maintained his empty senate threat. During his inaugural address Aoun promised to implement Taef fully, we'll see.
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Article 24
(As amended by the Constitutional Law of October 17, 1927
And by order 129 of march 18, 1943,
And by the constitutional law of January 21, 1947,
And by the constitutional law September 21,1990)
The Chamber of Deputies shall be composed of elected members; their number and
the method of their election shall be determined by the electoral laws in effect. Until such
time as the Chamber enacts new electoral laws on a non-confessional basis, the distribution
of seats shall be according to the following principles: [cont.]
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[cont] a. Equal representation between Christians and Muslims.
b. Proportional representation among the confessional groups within each of the two religious
communities.
c. Proportional representation among geographic regions.
Exceptionally, and for one time only, the seats that are currently vacant, as well as the
new seats that have been established by law, shall be filled by appointment, all at once, and
by a two thirds majority of the Government of National Unity. This is to establish equality
between Christians and Muslims as stipulated in the Document of National Accord. The
electoral laws shall specify the details regarding the implementation of this clause.
http://www.presidency.gov.lb/English/LebaneseSystem/Documents/Lebanese%20Constitution.pdf
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THE LEBANESE
CONSTITUTION
PROMULGATED MAY 23, 1926
WITH ITS AMENDMENTS
1995
http://www.presidency.gov.lb/English/LebaneseSystem/Documents/Lebanese%20Constitution.pdf
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I think I've met oompa.loompa before, yesterday in fact, here at Naharhnet but he had a different name. I was in Iraq, slightly blown up on FOB Marez in Mosul on December 21, 2004. Shrapnel "on, not in, the heart". The man with me is Nathir ("vow, promise"), a casual laborer on Marez. I supervised them since Halliburton was feeding us: I was a cook. The point you identify is crucial: why doesn't Hezbullah lead the Muslims into the streets to demand emancipation from Article 24? Jefferson said about slavery, "make no mistake, it depends on intimidation." What is Hezbullah afraid of? As for Trump/Clinton, the rules can't be changed in the middle of the game. And Lebanon should be glad Clinton lost: you want to be like Libya?
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Are you having a stroke tric.port? Come to think of it this is more coherent than and a marked improvement on your usual comments, keep up the good work.
