Rifi: We Have Dealt a Major Blow to Michel Aoun, Hizbullah
Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi declared Sunday that the rivals of Hizbullah and Change and Reform bloc chief MP Michel Aoun dealt them a “major blow” in the latest political confrontation over military promotions and appointments.
"We have turned the page on the so-called promotions battle, which ended with a major blow to Michel Aoun and Hizbullah,” said Rifi during a sport event in the North.
“We told them that the state will always emerge victorious,” he added.
Rifi also stressed that “Aoun and Hizbullah's demands are not an inevitable fate that we must bow to.”
In response to a question, the minister reminded that he had announced the “clinical death” of Prime Minister Tammam Salam's government.
“The Lebanese, especially political leaders and the heads of parties, must realize this and exert efforts to rescue Lebanon,” he added.
Rifi also called on all officials to pay attention to the “dangerous regional situation” and to “steer Lebanon clear from the region's blaze as much as possible.”
The thorny issue of military and security appointments is one of the main points of contention paralyzing the cabinet's work.
Aoun had been lobbying for the appointment of outgoing Commando Regiment chief Brig. Gen. Chamel Roukoz, his son-in-law, as army commander.
But Roukoz reached the age of retirement on Thursday after the failure of a proposed settlement that would have kept him in the military and made him eligible to lead the institution in the future.
Rifi was among several ministers who rejected the so-called settlement.
Y.R.
18 October 2015, 16:57
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Southern I know you know why he is carrying the gun but you ignore the truth to spread your personal hatred. Minister Rifi appears in the photo announcing the start of a Marathon for handicapped people in the North just like they do on any sporting event.
18 October 2015, 17:36
187
tell us which comments make you say he sounds like a dictator? coz i cannot see them....
18 October 2015, 18:55
1421
Great picture, Rifi looks like am unwashed mafioso, and that's closer to his true character than the uniform he dishonored during decades.
This guy now speaks of state institutions as if he ever cared about them, remember when he mutinied against Ziad Baroud? Remember when m14 tried everything they could to keep him past his expiry date? They clinged on for months to prolong his mandate and eventually decided to name him "justice" minister. He didnt care then about retirement age, but now he does?
All of M14 were shaking in their boots at the idea of having a real man of honor such as Rukoz in front of them, one they can neither intimidate nor buy off.
18 October 2015, 19:47
1021
nice story bro. do you have anything to say about the topic or are you just going to fantasize about me and my life?
18 October 2015, 19:52
187
what life mowaten...? you don't have a life for him to fantasize about ;)
18 October 2015, 17:11
1810
texas, that is not the point. The point is someone trying to paint Rifi as an outlaw brandishing a gun in public, which is not the case. He is announcing the start of a sporting event that was aired live on TV.
18 October 2015, 18:22
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Justin
You are stating a true fact. This photo is misleading and should have not been publised. I saw Rifi when he was doing his declaration, he was wearing an ordinary dress.
18 October 2015, 19:03
916
if he was wearing a dress it must have been a at private party like the ones they have in the gulf.
18 October 2015, 19:04
916
you know, when women are not allowed and some of the men wear dresses to please the others
18 October 2015, 19:36
717
No, I certainly hope i am not funny to YOU! The last thing i'd want is to see you lose that loser's face of hate
18 October 2015, 19:41
817
hahahahaha it's good when the true nature of the sectarian scum comes out, i was never fooled, and never cared, but at least now you can't deny it anymore. keep hating ya takfiri hater, and take your hate to the grave
18 October 2015, 20:03
177
Hahaha hizbola supporters talking about sectarianism. Go follow vilayet e faqih and do whatever it says you sheep.
18 October 2015, 21:23
817
you're lucky the "moderator" removed your comment mohammad, now you can go back to calling others sectarians while insulting "metwalis"
19 October 2015, 02:40
174
Not all shias are mitwelis only the sfawites and hizbollaat is a safawite party (exclusively) which makes it sectarian by definition.
19 October 2015, 19:09
01
M8 troll makers are once again getting themselves busy, and thumbing too!! What a life, really.
18 October 2015, 19:00
1117
lol anonyme, here's a little galery you will enjoy:
https://usahitman.com/wp-content/uploads/vaticano-armas1-300x245.jpg
http://www.jokeroo.com/user-content/pictures/funny/2010/11/62625-pope-with-gun-.html
https://thecatholicgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/nuns.jpg?w=350&h=200&crop=1
and last but not least
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/dailystar/Pictures/2012/06/22/79597_img650x420_img650x420_crop.jpg hahahahaha
18 October 2015, 19:08
916
Rifi needs to stop acting like a macho man and more like a minister who belongs to this government he is trying to dismiss...this sounds like arrogance to me!!!
18 October 2015, 19:13
177
Aoun, typically, allowed his tactics to defeat his strategy with regard to the Roukus appointment. He delayed, and delayed, blocked and obstructed until finally poor Roukus got too old to be appointed to the position that Aoun's strategy dictated. The tactics of delay and obstruct for the purpose of nothing more than to delay and obstruct are at the end of the day destructive. Just ask Roukus.
Now to threaten to delay to obtain leverage in a give and take negotiation, well that's smart use of power, but to delay and obstruct for no other purpose, it is the act of a fool or a servant to another's agenda. Aoun this is your name.
18 October 2015, 19:16
1018
This is Da3ish and Nusras unoffical spokesperson wearing the "moderate" mask.
19 October 2015, 19:07
01
Tobji, tell me dear troll, this what number now you're using, 110073? But you said it, a tobji will always hide behind many faces. Mystic, please talk to Tobji.
18 October 2015, 19:21
179
"he is leader of the resistance, the most heroic fighting group in the middle east and beyond"
What a silly joke! He is the head of the biggest terror sectarian mafia group., nothing more nothing less.... an Iranian thug.
18 October 2015, 19:25
178
I guess hassan mishnassrallah did not carry out a mutiny against the government, the president and the Baabda declaration when he said " soak the declaration in water and drink it" and sent his terrorists to kill indiscriminately in Syria, Iraq, Yemen among other places. He was a model citizen, a model party leader, a model traitor.
18 October 2015, 19:34
916
the declaration you were told to dip in water and drink was some STL chainmail joke or something. if i remember correctly if was about a pony and a donkey, or something like this. i dont know, nobody really cared anyway
18 October 2015, 19:35
818
Wasen't it Rifi that arrested Lebanese people for burning ISIS flags and cursing them?
18 October 2015, 19:36
178
apart from your typical trolling, you omitted to mention that M14 did not paralyze the government or the country when Rifi's term did not get extended.
18 October 2015, 19:38
1018
m14 has paralyzed the country ever since its inception, what are you talking about?
18 October 2015, 20:43
178
@humble
you have to forgive this troll. It is Ashoura and he got a few extra blows to the head.
18 October 2015, 21:25
716
you said, and i quote: "he was wearing an ordinary dress".if you dont want to be made fun of, then be more careful about what you say, insulting and barking only makes you sound even dumber
18 October 2015, 21:13
187
Rifi's declarations are arrogant and wrong and he is a sectarian hatemonger. Chamel Roukoz, like Riad Salameh, and a few others are good men based on which the country is run. I dont know in which capacity, but Chamel should have been kept in the service of the country.
18 October 2015, 21:21
917
reposting inexplicably censored comment:
Nasrallah never claimed to be a turn the other cheek kind of guy, he is leader of the resistance, the most heroic fighting group in the middle east and beyond. of course he's going to brandish a kalashnikov ya shmock!
and btw, nice to see the moderators are working on sunday, approving the guest comments from "mowaten.khara.ibn.khara (Guest)" or "mowaten.fantoura (Guest)" but censoring mine. what a shame.
18 October 2015, 23:26
1017
Is Aoun still demanding what he was? Obviously not since it is no longer possible. Now the only reason your government is not falling is Hezbollah does not want it too. . Rifi is also an old corrupt and partisan man. He should retire also. Standing in the street, pistol in hand , like a thug, shooting his mouth off. Only in Lebanon. Go look in the mirror. Without Aoun and Hezbollah there is no government and there is no governance in Lebanon. Sad but true.
19 October 2015, 09:44
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the shoes of GMA made him a minister n same shoe will on day kick him out :)
19 October 2015, 10:07
174
The shoes of GMA are designed for the sole purpose of helping GMA run away like they did one day ;)
19 October 2015, 19:09
02
Sophia, Claoun has already kicked himself out, and unceremoniously so too. Maskin Aoun, ra7it 3aleyh.
19 October 2015, 11:20
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https://displacedpalestinians.wordpress.com/category/hariri/page/48/
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0311/S00063/hezbollah-all-means-used-to-liberate-detainees.htm
What is this in his hand? An ice cream momo?
19 October 2015, 13:13
71
Southern, in this case would you be interested to see posts of Sayed Hassan and Nabih Berri brandishing guns into the air? Then you may tell me who they'd remind you of.
19 October 2015, 13:17
80
Mowaten, M14 did not paralyze the country, but the prime instigator Hezbollah did. After countless repeated attempts of good faith towards Hezbollah and the M8 side it leads, one cannot blame the M14 side of not wanting to trust M8 nor Hezbollah any more. So now the real culprit sadly is the lack of confidence that reigns between the two opposing sides, neither is willing to concede any ground, thus the paralysis that is now suffocating Lebanon. For Lebanon to break free from this predicament, a new president must be elected now, then a new parliament and a new cabinet, otherwise the growing misery of the people will cause a major upheaval, if not today, tomorrow, but it will happen in due time, especially when the wall of fear is brought down.
19 October 2015, 14:14
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@mowaten E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T. Still laughing since the day you declared with a straight face you were a shiaa atheist and also a member of hezbollah with only one account. I think i will also continue to laugh at your statement "reposting inexplicably censored comment: ". Thank you Thank you
