Hariri Ready to Facilitate Election of New President, Urges Christians to Agree
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Former Premier and head of al-Mustaqbal Movement MP Saad Hariri expressed readiness to facilitate the election of a new head of state on the condition that the rival parties exert efforts to resolve the presidential deadlock.
Hariri's visitors said in comments published in An Nahar newspaper that the Sunni leader will not suggest the name of any candidate and would rather wait for the decision of Christians in this regard.
“He isn't discussing the names of any nominee with his visitors until an agreement is reached concerning the upcoming stage and the characteristics of the new president,” politicians quoted Hariri as saying.
However, Hariri highlighted that “a strong president is the one who is capable of reuniting all the Lebanese.”
On Saturday night, the ex-premier held a meeting with the ambassadors of the International Support Group for Lebanon.
Hariri discussed with the ambassadors of major powers the latest Saudi grant to boost security measures the aid that their countries could offer to the Lebanon.
Hariri had continued discussion, during separate talks with Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji, over the one billion dollar Saudi grant to the military institution on Saturday.
The head of al-Mustaqbal Movement made a surprise return to Lebanon on Friday morning after three years abroad.
His trip follows his announcement that Saudi Arabia, one of his chief allies, would give $1 billion to shore up the army and security forces against jihadists.
10 August 2014, 09:17
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“a strong president is the one who is capable of reuniting all the Lebanese.”
Nothing will unite or reunite the Lebanese. They are a group of sects with foreign allegiances and each wants a Lebanon that fits their vision. We all know it but we pretend otherwise.
10 August 2014, 09:49
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Not that i disagree with u on most the lebanese religious and regional allegiance, but if we had a country with clear borders with law and justice applicable on all equaly, anyone can believe in what they want (in france there is still guys wanting monarchy, or corsica independance, or catalania independence in spain, and as long they abide by the law they can practice politics and work under the law to achieve their goals...
The problem in leb is one religious (like most leb) armed millicia is imposing its views on all for years now, they have forced us accpet provate phone network, private security, impunity from international (stl) and national justice(butros harb assassination attempt, hachem salman..) taken us to war (now they started funerals for martyrs dead during jihadist duty in irak....
10 August 2014, 09:49
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We were in a civil war not that long time ago, we still have (like u said) a very fragile national identy (between those who want great syria, bassist syria, khomaiini, or who find help in ksa/france..) u know they might be playing with fire and drag us all into reall shit...
Now time to enjoy this day, i'll start by a chupachups...
10 August 2014, 09:45
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Avec un président jeune , neutre et sain d'esprit , tout est permis et avec le retour de Saad Hariri l'avenir du Liban est "enfin" entre de bonnes mains !!
10 August 2014, 12:33
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100% agreeing Flamethrower ! General 'Aoun was protecting you -chupachups and all his ''friends''- from yourself' these guys have no dignity.
10 August 2014, 13:24
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10 August 2014, 13:29
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Ues protecting me from myself... Sometimes the hard way like 7ayyar with his hezbos friends..
Bi charafak zahet....
10 August 2014, 15:45
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of course, any post not laying blame on HA is not worth reading in your books.
10 August 2014, 15:43
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أن ميشال عون مشكلة، فلأنه حالة إسرائيلية صدامية وتدميرية ولا يرى إلا مصالحه الشخصية ومصالح طائفته. فهو النهج الماروني العنصري في الشرقية
حسن نصرالله - النهار 6/11/1989
10 August 2014, 16:16
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amazing, even people in the "dahyeh" of Portugal want aoun as president!
10 August 2014, 17:15
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@Vasco: Yeth I agree, we need a regime to protect the christhians not ithith.
10 August 2014, 22:02
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The Christians will never unite. Harris knows this. Status quo suits him. Hizbulla getting weaker by the day in Syria. So the longer he waits the stronger the hand of M14
11 August 2014, 00:26
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Why did you ignore the other war mongers ...... Berri plays with the best of them, Nasrallah has so many Jihadists waiting for his command, Jumblat weazling his way in every way possible except in ways that benefit LEBANON, and of course the Takfiri ones.
Lebanon has no shortage of warlords, only shortage of Patriotism and good Governance
11 August 2014, 08:26
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Agree? They can't even agree that da3esh are terrorists when the idiot bou la2a, Dr. Arreet 7akeh, calls them revolutionaries (like him) while the entire world (sane, not Sanni or Christian Sanni world) already knows that they are terrorists.
