Gemayel: Dialogue is Pointless if it Does Not Lead to Election of President
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Head of the Kataeb Party Amin Gemayel questioned the ongoing vacancy in the presidency and the “suicide of Christians” who are contributing to the vacuum, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.
He told the daily in an interview: “Dialogue that does not lead to quorum at parliament and the election of a president is pointless.”
He made his remark in reference to the dialogue between the rival Lebanese Forces and Free Patriotic Movement.
“The obstruction of the role of the presidency is suicide for Christians and state institutions,” he declared.
“The worst that we can do is grow accustomed to the vacuum,” noted Gemayel.
Lebanon has been without a president since May when the term of Michel Suleiman ended without the election of a successor.
Ongoing disputes between the rival March 8 and 14 camps over a compromise candidate have thwarted the polls.
Hizbullah's Loyalty to the Resistance and MP Michel Aoun's Change and Reform blocs have been boycotting the electoral sessions at parliament.
“Hizbullah and the Change and Reform bloc should stop obstructing quorum,” demanded Gemayel.
“The constitution includes articles on how to protect the country. Manipulating these articles to obstruct the constitution is tantamount to a coup,” he remarked.
“In some countries, lawmakers who fail to attend parliament sessions are punished. The current developments in Lebanon are a coup against the constitution and the Lebanese system,” said the Kataeb chief.
He attributed the obstruction to some side's aspiration to be elected president “even though they are aware that the have no chances of victory.”
Moreover, he stated that a single person cannot halt the polls and it is clear that Hizbullah is collaborating with Aoun.
“Whatever his motives, he does not seem to be bothered by the vacuum,” added Gemayel.
He expressed concern that the changes affecting Arab countries could spread to Lebanon, emphasizing that the Lebanese should assume the responsibility in deterring such change.
“We should take into consideration all possibilities and ask where the vacuum is taking us,” he told An Nahar.
M.T.
18 April 2015, 11:00
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The mareedman said : "me, or nobody".
We are saying to both of you : "not you, but anybody"
18 April 2015, 19:47
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Samy all me so that I can bring along my very best wines and 20 M16 clips along.
18 April 2015, 11:07
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“The obstruction of the role of the presidency is suicide for Christians and state institutions,” he declared.
We have been already saying this for several months : the Caporal is destroying the Christians for the next 100 years.
we call on all Christians to stop following such an evil traitor.
19 April 2015, 02:01
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HA and flame thrower believe the Christians have more privileges than their numbers call for. They have a Christian Proxy in Aoun to do their dirty work and keep the Presidency void the State institution paralyzed until someone cries uncle and say lets reform the constitution again and shift some power from the Christians to the Shiites.
19 April 2015, 03:53
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All these "secret dialogues" are stupid, and anti-democracy.
If we were a real democracy, let these dialogues take place in the Parliament openly and let the various parties debate their differences so we can judge ourselves how they absurd or valid they are. Can they do that?
19 April 2015, 03:58
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In a proper democracy, if parliament is unable to elect a president/prime minister then it is dissolved and general elections are held to create a new constituency capable of doing so.
What's worse in our situation, is that parliament extended its OWN TERM. A travesty that seems to have been forgotten by everyone, and conveniently so by our "representatives". All we talk about are the presidential elections.
What a joke of a nation.
