Report: Geagea Warns against Attempts to Amend the Constitution
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Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea rejected attempts aiming at introducing amendments to Lebanon's constitution and dubbed any endeavor in that direction as a “ leap into the unknown,” al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.
“A suggestion to hold a new constituent assembly is totally rejected because any attempt to change the constitution is a leap into the unknown,” said Geagea in an interview to the daily.
There are fears in the country that the ongoing political and presidential vacuum might eventually lead to introducing constitutional amendments or holding a constituent assembly that would radically change the current political system that is based on a delicate distribution of power among the country's sects.
On Thursday MP Talal Arslan called for a constituent assembly and said: “Since 2009 and up until this moment we have asked for holding a constituent assembly. We met with Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in this proposal.”
In June 2012, Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah openly called for “a constituent assembly elected by the people.”
Geagea went on to comment on the deteriorating political conditions in Lebanon, he said: “The mask has fallen and the strings of the game are very obvious now. The disruption in the presidential elections and all that followed did not aim to improve the fortunes of General Michel Aoun for the presidency, but it aimed to make us reach where we are today.”
10 September 2016, 14:13
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But Hakim: your ally the Caporal is ready to accept the "Mutellateh"...why don't you ask him?????
10 September 2016, 14:28
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Geagea specified the danger of letting the population vote on the Constitution. "That way lies madness," he said.
10 September 2016, 16:01
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Did the American population vote on the US Constitution? Did they vote on Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 or 12th amendment that gave the the electoral college precedent on how their president is decided? Did they accept that the vote of two guys from a small state should rule over the popular majority vote? "Hey maw look at me now, you're gonna be so proud of your son. lookup the hypocrite in a dictionary you will see my picture next to it. And you said I'll never amount to anything" said chrisrushlau.
