March 14: We Call on Aoun to Lift Bank Secrecy Off his Accounts and Those of his Family

The March 14 General Secretariat called on Wednesday Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun to lift bank secrecy off his accounts and those of his family.

It noted in a statement after its weekly meeting "Aoun's obvious confusion during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Lebanon and his attempts today to ease this confusion through coming up with illusory battles under the pretext of reform."

It also stressed the need to address local matters with dialogue and calm, repeating its support for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar's efforts in tackling the false witnesses file.

It also condemned the way in which Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was welcomed upon his arrival to Beirut's airport during his visit to the country last week, saying: "The Lebanese state was not allowed to welcome him in a proper official manner and the scenes at the airport and outside it differed from all other official welcomes in that it appeared as if the guest were greeting himself."

Furthermore, the general secretariat pointed out to the discrepancies in Ahmadinejad's speeches in that while he was at the presidential palace, he discussed respecting Lebanon's sovereignty and then he contradicted these statements when he attended the popular gathering at Dahiyeh during which he said that the Islamic resistance in Lebanon would liberate Palestine.