FPM Tepid about Rahi’s Call to 'Internationalize' Lebanon File
A delegation of the Free Patriotic Movement visited Maronite Patriarch Beshara el-Rahi in Bkirki on Monday after his calls for a U.N.-sponsored conference on Lebanon over a government deadlock.
“We discussed with Patriarch Rahi the need to form a high-credible rescue government in accordance with the terms of the French initiative,” MP Mansour Bteish told reporters speaking on behalf of the FPM delegation after meeting Rahi.
Asked by reporters whether the FPM backs Rahi’s calls to internationalize the Lebanese file, Bteish said: “Solutions must come from within and coexistence requires us to cooperate to reach these solutions.”
He stated that President Michel “Aoun is keen on having a government formed as soon as possible in accordance with national rules, and the PM-designate (Saad Hariri) must go to Baabda and consult with Aoun.”
The FPM delegation to Bkirki included ex-Minister Mansour Bteish, MP George Atallah, FPM deputy leader May Khreish and adviser to FPM chief Jebran Bassil Antoine Kostantine, al-Jadeed TV.
On Sunday, Rahi lashed out at the ruling authority and called for organizing a “U.N.-sponsored international conference on Lebanon to prevent attacks on it and prevent harm to its legitimacy and to put an end to the multiplicity of arms.”
He said the Lebanese “people are dying and the State is nothing but a dead conscience.”
Rahi’s call to internationalize the Lebanese file comes in light of faltering formation of the Lebanese government, the exacerbation of its economic crisis, and the collapse of alliances.
08 February 2021, 14:46
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I keep on repeating; Al Rahi if you are sincere in what you say , then walk the talk; follow the example of Mandela , Gandhi, Martin Luther King, hit the streets, start a march show real leadership I guarantee you , the big majority of the Druze, Moslims and Christians will follow you. and i guarantee you only this action is the game changer in this country. Begging for international support is very , very cheapish and not constructive, often ...deja vu ....
08 February 2021, 15:22
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8 minutes ago Al-Jadeed: Judicial investigator Fadi Sawwan has resumed his investigations in the port blast case and will hear the testimony of ex-army chief Qahwaji on Tuesday.
Why not start with the current Aouni Army Chief who has been in his position for the last 3 years!
And they want to convince the public that this investigation is not politicised and vindictive!
09 February 2021, 07:30
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FPM has failed. Did not achieve anything in the past 15 years. Quite the contrary, they sold their soul to the devil (Iran + Syria), all so that they get the old fart to power. And since he came to power he did not do anything except find jobs for his family... Pathetic
