Bassil says LF a 'militia' that wants to 'impose conditions on Foreign Ministry'
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Thursday slammed the rival Lebanese Forces party as a “militia” that wants to “impose its conditions on the Foreign Ministry” in the distribution of polling stations abroad.
“Everyone knows and acknowledges the effort that the Foreign Ministry has exerted to facilitate expat voting, from increasing the number of polling centers from 116 to 205 and polling stations from 232 to 598, in conjunction with putting a unified standard for all countries, which turned every polling center into a megacenter comprising polling stations for all of Lebanon’s electoral districts,” Bassil said in a tweet.
“The LF wants to impose its conditions on the ministry, especially in Australia’s Sydney, in a manner that differs from the entire world. It wants to issue threats unless every polling center is turned into one dedicated to a single electoral district,” the FPM chief added.
“This is a militia-like approach in imposing and endless lying. The LF has called for withdrawing confidence from the minister and we would file an appeal against any change to the unified standards in favor of the militia,” Bassil went on to say.
The LF-led Strong Republic bloc had earlier on Thursday filed a request for holding a parliamentary session aimed at voting on withdrawing confidence from Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib over “violations” related to expat voting.
It said such violations include “distributing voters from the same area, village and family on several polling stations that are very distant from each other, which makes the voting process more difficult.”
21 April 2022, 14:51
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Miami Beach in Florida, USA, issued a stern warning to Bassil, calling itself "far from a militia". Miami Beach is home to many of the several dozen Lebanese Christian warlords resident in the US, many of them legends in their own minds.
21 April 2022, 16:57
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Amazing and relevant comment. You add a lot of value to this otherwise boring forum.
21 April 2022, 18:15
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do you ever have anything to say of substance? l3ama chou sa2il!
21 April 2022, 18:51
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He is a communist islanist troll. You havent read his antichristian comments, like if Lebanon would have existed without christians.
22 April 2022, 00:05
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yeah Bassil, given the choice between an ex-militia with a clear stance on Hezbollah and a corrupt scumbag that only speaks out passionately when his hold on power is threatened...
22 April 2022, 04:54
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Bassil's control of two ministries robbed Lebanon & future generations: FPM and cronies wasted/stole 50 billion for generating power & polluting our air. Considering solar and wind cost, Lebanon energy can be 100% from renewable with $20 billion investment. Not to mention hydro power potential. With wasted money, second modern airport can be built with $3 billion, less for high-tech ports in Tripoli and Saida. Monorail from Tripoli to Tyr for $8 billion. Modern fishery for $1 billion. Two tunnels linking ports to Bekaa & Akar for $5 billion. A giga factory for batteries to supply the whole Middle East for $4 billion, thousands of industrial robots for $2 billions, even a microchip foundry employing thousands of engineers for $5 billion. Second, telecommunication where Lebanon due to its small size should have been 100% fiber optic with new cables linking to Cyprus/Europe for less than $3 billion. Bassil think Lebanese are stupid. We’ll see him in court once Lebanon is free again.
22 April 2022, 04:56
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Bassil is Juda personified that sold Lebanon and the Christian community to criminal Hizbollah Iranian occupation for 30 pieces of silver. A useful idiot, along with Aoun and Ghada used by Hizb to attack sovereign Christians, moderate sunnis, and key institutions including education, banking, healthcare, democracy and freedom while protecting Hizb's rockets, illegal crossings, money laundering, drug trade mafia bosses, and assassin thugs. Anyone supporting Bassil is committing treason against Lebanon and anyone who believes in freedom, democracy, justice, independence and dignity.
22 April 2022, 09:44
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lol--and notice his lack of words for hizb--a foreign funded and controlled MILITIA. I think he was trying to score points with hizb because anyone else would apply the same logic.
He really should get the Pinocchio treatment--my guess is that his nose would make it to damascus without a problem by now.
22 April 2022, 13:57
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Watch how many votes you gonna get mr the most corrupt GB K Elmo..
Yu have aligned yourself with the worst than militia Iranian terrorists that got EVERY Lebanese into hell.
