Gemayel Rejects 'Necessary Legislation' Amid Vacuum, Calls on Candidates to Clear the Stage

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Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel on Friday rejected outright the approval of draft-laws under the slogan of “necessary legislation” at a time when Baabda Palace is vacant, saying the candidates running for the polls should step aside to facilitate the election of a president.

“The most important legislation is the election of a president as soon as possible,” Gemayel said during a press conference he held at the Kataeb Party headquarters in Beirut's Saifi district.

“Any discussion on legislation would legitimize the vacuum” at Baabda Palace, he said in reference to the agreement among certain parliamentary blocs, including Kataeb's ally the Lebanese Forces, on holding a parliamentary session to approve the controversial public sector wage scale.

The Kataeb MPs are among several blocs boycotting legislative sessions under the excuse that the parliament cannot convene in the absence of a head of state.

The blocs that “are able to guarantee a quorum for a certain draft-law are capable of doing the same for the election of a president,” Gemayel said.

He stressed that his party's MPs, who are part of the March 14 camp, won't attend any session other than the election of a president.

“The only exception is (a session on) the consolidation of power,” he said in reference to a possible extension of parliament's mandate, which expires in November.

Gemayel called on the presidential candidates who failed to be elected after May 25 to clear the stage for other figures.

“Certain people who are holding onto their candidacies are harming the country,” he said, without naming them.

Lebanon has been without a president since May 25 when Michel Suleiman's six-year term ended over the failure of the rival MPs to agree on a compromise candidate.

“What are we still waiting for to put our interests aside and focus on the election of a president as soon as possible?” Gemayel asked.

LF chief Samir Geagea is the March 14 alliance's main candidate while Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Michel Aoun is unofficially backed by the March 8 alliance.

Aoun has not announced his candidacy, claiming he would do so only if there was consensus on him.

G.K.

M.T.

Comments 33
Thumb ex-fpm 26 September 2014, 12:52

I agree with Gemayel. We cannot pretend constitutional life can go on without a Christian president.

Missing imagine_1979 26 September 2014, 13:52

Aoun wont step down, he's too old next time it will probably be to late for him gmeyael must understand he has no chance, for aoun it's eather him or nothing (u know like assad said:me or all the region on fire...)
As for the wadgescale, eventh teachers aknowledge that berri was using them to get march 14 to parlment..
So if the situation is that desesperate how come the gov is paralysed?? What gov can work only if all ministers appeove each resolution????
I think there is no way out... Maybe state of emergency? Martial law? But here again it will have repercutions, will it be our armed forces? Or our local shiite millicia to?...
Anw we should all go hv some chupachups...

Thumb canadianpaul 26 September 2014, 14:19

Chose to flee? I like how you sneaked that in. Are you sure you want to discuss "fleeing", pajama boy?

Thumb canadianpaul 26 September 2014, 14:49

Wahahahahahaha! Sorry, can't stop laughing!

Thumb thepatriot 26 September 2014, 21:30

Hezb does not want a christian President, especially not a strong one... they want to keep controling this country and do as they see fit! Wake up people!

Thumb thepatriot 26 September 2014, 21:32

FT... you're a proffessional failed, cheap propagandist...

Thumb amatoury114 26 September 2014, 22:12

f off u dirty filthy flim flam u talk about naharnet of being bias and pro this and pro that yet ma bitgalleih from here...naharnet btiswa rassak... go back to the hole you crawled from and where ur kind belong below ground..yalla a77eit

Default-user-icon Amir (Guest) 26 September 2014, 15:12

Mr. Gemayel and to all others.
Go on political strike,
Put tents
Block activities
Until you force the election of a president.
This is becoming a joke....body with no head is a brain vacuum.
Time to get actively serious and action less talk.

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 17:05

Gemayel is wrong. There should be no exceptions, not even parliamentary elections. That part invalidated his whole stance about being against legislation unless it's to elect the president.

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 18:30

not even an extension*

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 17:16

There should be no parliamentary elections, and the people should overthrow the government, which has proved to be incompetent. The politicians boycott elections without consent of the people. Do you see people having sit-ins and boycotting the vote?

Thumb ParvizAmir 26 September 2014, 17:29

The Islamic Republic of Iran supports the nomination of general Aoun for the presidency. The Republic considers Aoun not only a friend but also one of its citizens.

Thumb Tony.Farris 26 September 2014, 17:30

Is Iran having an election?

Missing imagine_1979 26 September 2014, 17:58

Will he get a sword zoulfikar style to batle the infidels?...

Thumb ex-fpm 26 September 2014, 18:02

Twitter Inc CEO Made A Witty Reply To Iranian President’s Tweet
http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/09/twitter-ceo-reply-iranian-presidents/

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 17:31

So why is it that Aoun announced a deal was made, then Berri and Hariri both denied it?? Do you pay attention to what anyone says anymore?? Or do you have your head so far up your behind that you really believe Aoun is against extension?

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 17:35

Everything he's done and doing now is all part of his Machiavellian plan to become president. You don't use your head. Here is Aoun's strategy: if he's president, he has no problem with the parliamentary elections taking place. If he's just the FPM leader, he'll extend his term to keep his seats for boycotting purposes. Otherwise if he's not president and parliamentary elections happen, he'll lose seats and might not have enough to keep the boycott (if you really think Aoun is gonna gain seats then you should check in to a nuthouse)

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 17:37

Milk and blankets? Hahahaha do you know that Okab Saqr is Shi3a?? Isn't it funny how out of the entire M14 world, a Shi3a starting arming rebels?

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 17:43

That consensual candidate being Aoun of course.

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 17:50

Okay so you're comparing a group of Salafi scum from Bab al-Tabbaneh going to Syria, to a full-fledged militia with thousands of fighters??

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 18:05

About Saqr (I love how you brought him up): people wanted him executed after the tapes were released. So how is it that a guy arming a gang should be executed, but a militia is allowed to deploy in Syria and help a mass murderer?

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 18:05

About Saqr (I love how you brought him up): people wanted him executed after the tapes were released. So how is it that a guy arming a gang should be executed, but a militia is allowed to deploy in Syria and help a mass murderer?

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 18:15

Here's a refresher: nickjames is not M14, nickjames is nickjames and never said anything about Aoun being anti-Sunni.

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 18:22

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/147863-hariri-we-won-t-take-part-in-parliamentary-vote-in-absence-of-president

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/147820-berri-no-under-the-table-deal-on-parliament-extension

This was last week, not a few weeks ago. And not much has been said lately, due to the captured soldiers saga. It is up to Mashnouq?? Hahahahahahahaha

Aoun: “My nomination has been submitted and all options are on the table. If today's statements turn out to be true, then there will be an extension of the parliament's term as we were expecting, but we have submitted our nominations in order not to leave anything to chance,” Aoun said in an interview on OTV, only hours before the deadline to file candidacies ended.

Then Hariri and Berri denied a deal was in place.

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 18:28

You making an illusion about Saqr is bringing him up. The US are striking Hezbollah from the ground hahahahahaha. Assad isn't a mass murderer? So he didn't execute rebels in his prisons?? He didn't drop barrel bombs and destroyed his whole country's infrastructure? He didn't kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians who lived in the building that got bombed? Women and children are terrorists?

I know you won't look at this because it's doctored of course but I'll post it anyway.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2544711/Starved-tortured-throttled-The-true-horror-Assads-soldiers-execute-rebel-prisoners-revealed-new-images-released-today.html

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 18:32

Just a question: how is somebody imprisoned for 21 years for winning a horse race???

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 18:45

Lol I don't care if the others are for the extension. I'm arguing with you, you said FPM was against extension, yet Aoun comes out as the only one who says there was a deal. But of course, "we have submitted our nominations in order not to leave anything to chance"

Not to leave anything to chance?? Lol in other words he wants extension, but if that doesn't happen he's down for the elections taking place. What a psycho

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 18:49

Hezbollah is fighting ISIS hahahaha I love your narrative. Yeah, that's why in over a year and a half Assad never bombed Raqqa, Der ez-Zor or the oil fields in between. That's why Hezbollah has been fighting in Qalamoun and has some fighters in Damascus in Halab, but nowhere near Raqqa, nowhere near Der ez-Zor. Yeah, Hezbollah is fighting Da3esh lmao

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 18:59

Flamer, all I do is take things Aoun says and compare it to your narrative. And the two stories always have discrepancies. I wish I was paid to bash Aoun, it would be the best job in the world. It's not hard to compare his quotes to what his supporters say about him. Aoun was the only one who said a deal was in place for an extension, not March 14. So you go on this rant about M14 being for extension. I don't give a crap what M14 wants, I just hate Aoun and you're lying about he wants. I am arguing strictly about Aoun's self-contradictory nonsense.

Thumb nickjames 26 September 2014, 19:01

That was for the below argument

Thumb nickjames 27 September 2014, 00:18

Lol your narratives are hilarious. So M14ers accuse Aoun of being an anti-Sunni but at the same time they hate Saddam (who is Sunni). Self-contradictory nonsense from the one and only Flamey

Default-user-icon CanAm (Guest) 27 September 2014, 02:34

Gentlemen,

All of you know that religion plays factor in the Middle East. Why is is hard to believe you can live together? If religion is the factor, remember that that reason has killed so many. Hey, just saying...been there...done that. When I hear religion being brought into an argument, I have to laugh. Fine...make it religion. Let your brothers, husbands, fathers and son's die. I hold no faith except in family and friends. Humans get you by...not GOD. Keep it up.

Default-user-icon Fartythrowerthe fart (Guest) 27 September 2014, 12:48

let me refresh your gold fish memory :
- Amine Gemayel left the house nominating aoun as prime minisiter for 3 months with a government made up by 3 christians and 3 muslims , who send the muslims back to their home after the 3 monhths were done and he failed to elect a president ? wasn't that Aoun ?

- Now Irani-owned speedy gonzlaes pajama boy who fled to the french embassy leaving his soldiers to be slaughtered after he declared a war on the only christian militia that helped him in his war against syria .

- 1983: funny how you blame the LF for the mountain war when it begun when 14 regular soldiers of the LAF were killed by PSP and when jumblat begun shelling east beirut and you forget that with PSP there were SSNP nasserites and all of your actual allies

- 1982 : SSNP your allies kills a president , 1988 your actual allies killed him