Aoun Slams Christian Foes over Electoral Law Delay, Accuses Them of Harming Christians
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Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday complained that “no progress has been made concerning the electoral law” under which the 2013 parliamentary polls will be held, blaming his Christian rivals, the Lebanese Forces and the Phalange Party, for the delay.
“I hold responsible those who are rejecting the laws proposed by the Orthodox Gathering and the government, because they are obstructing justice, especially the LF and the Phalange Party. Their stance is a commodity for sale and they are claiming to be defending the rights of Christians,” said Aoun after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc.
“I don't know what 'consolation prizes' the LF and the Phalange Party will get, but that will definitely harm Christians,” Aoun added.
Recalling the 2008 Doha Conference, where he pushed for implementing the 1960 electoral law in the 2009 elections, Aoun said: “Yes, in Doha we 'liberated' 10 parliamentary seats for Christians in the North and 11 in other regions, but we accepted the 1960 law for one time only because it was so much better than the 2000 law, and we were not ashamed of what we did in Doha.”
Slamming the draft law proposed by the LF and the Phalange Party, Aoun said “dividing Lebanon into 50 electorates is aimed at achieving political ends.”
He vowed that “the 50 electorates law will not be passed in parliament, even if the parliamentary committee approves it.”
“If the LF and the Phalange Party are with the law proposed by the Orthodox Gathering, (under which each sect would elect its own MPs), let them support it,” Aoun added.
“As long as the country is sectarian, I will keep defending the rights of Christians,” he pledged.
Asked about the blast that recently hit a Hizbullah arms cache in the Bekaa town of Nabi Sheet, Aoun said: “Everyone knows that the Resistance has missiles that can reach Haifa and beyond, so storing them in several locations should not surprise anyone. This is normal and I'm speaking technically and not trying to defend Hizbullah. No one should be surprised that they have a huge amount of ammunition.”
“I hope we will reach a stage during which the army will be capable of defending the country and the country would benefit from that,” Aoun added.
Asked about Al-Arabiya television's report that claimed Hizbullah was involved in the 2005 assassination of prominent MP and journalist Gebran Tueni, Aoun said: “When judicial authorities have their say, we will voice our opinion, and if the charges are confirmed, we will voice a very strong condemnation.”
Asked whether he supports referring Tueni's case to the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Aoun said: “Let the judiciary decide.”
Hizbullah on Monday denied involvement in Tueni's assassination, after Al-Arabiya television broadcast Saturday a report claiming that Damascus and Hizbullah's intelligence department were behind the operation.
“Al-Arabiya's document on Hizbullah is fake and not everything published is a real document and you can tell that from the content,” Hizbullah's State Minister for Administrative Development Mohammed Fneish told reporters as he entered a cabinet session at the Grand Serail.
Later on Monday, Hizbullah issued an official statement denying “any involvement whatsoever” in Tueni's assassination, saying it is “awaiting the judiciary's ruling in this case.”
“With the help of members of the intelligence department of Lebanon's Hizbullah, Mission 213, which was assigned to them on December 10, has been successfully accomplished with excellent results,” said an allegedly leaked Syrian document obtained by Al-Arabiya.
The document, dated December 12, 2005, was sent by head of the operations department in the Syrian intelligence, Hasan Abdul Rahman, to then chief of national security department Assef Shawkat, according to Al-Arabiya.
“In concurrence with Assef Shawkat's letter on accomplishing the mission and on the same day the letter was sent to the Syrian presidential palace, a booby-trapped car was awaiting Lebanese lawmaker Gebran Tueni to end his life while on his way to work, in an assassination operation described as mysterious back then,” Al-Arabiya added.
A leaked U.S. Embassy cable dated December 19, 2005 said Syria was likely behind Tueni's assassination in 2005, which was aimed at silencing his caustic remarks against the regime of President Bashar Assad.
The WikiLeaks cable, which was published exclusively in al-Jumhouriya newspaper, added that the assassination was also a message to the Lebanese opposition that “no one can protect them.”
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09 October 2012, 17:25
Aoun on whether he supports referring Gebran Tueni's case to the STL: Let the judiciary decide.
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09 October 2012, 17:25
Aoun on Al-Arabiya's report: When judicial authorities have their say, we will voice our opinion, and if the charges are confirmed, we will voice a very strong condemnation.
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09 October 2012, 17:22
Aoun: I hope we will reach a stage during which the army will be capable of defending the country and the country would benefit from that.
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09 October 2012, 17:22
Aoun: The 50 electorates law will not be passed in parliament, even if the parliamentary committee approves it. If the LF and the Phalange Party are with the law proposed by the Orthodox Gathering, let them support it. As long as the country is sectarian, I will keep defending the rights of Christians.
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09 October 2012, 17:18
Aoun on the Nabi Sheet blast: Everyone knows that the Resistance has missiles that can reach Haifa and beyond, so storing them in several locations should not surprise anyone. This is normal and I'm speaking technically and not trying to defend Hizbullah. No one should be surprised that they have a huge amount of ammunition.
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09 October 2012, 17:17
Aoun: There are consultations over the appointment of a new president for the Higher Judicial Council.
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09 October 2012, 17:13
Aoun: Dividing Lebanon into 50 electorates is aimed at achieving political ends.
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09 October 2012, 17:13
Aoun: Yes, in Doha we "liberated" 10 parliamentary seats for Christians in the North and 11 in other regions, but we accepted the 1960 law for one time only because it was so much better than the 2000 law, and we were not ashamed of what we did in Doha.
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09 October 2012, 17:12
Aoun: I don't know what "consolation prizes" the LF and the Phalange Party will get, but that will definitely harm Christians.
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09 October 2012, 17:11
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc: No progress has been made concerning the electoral law and I hold responsible those who are rejecting the laws proposed by the Orthodox Gathering and the government, because they are obstructing justice, especially the LF and the Phalange Party. Their stance is a commodity for sale and they are claiming to be defending the rights of Christians.
09 October 2012, 17:20
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ya ex-general you are the only commodity for sale...TRAITOR!
09 October 2012, 18:10
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Amen to that roger! But every tyrant (Sayyed) need a court buffoon!
09 October 2012, 17:21
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Happy Tuesday...Aouwn the Clown is on...blah mou blah mou blah mou..Sayed Souna et moi...blah mou...poor oranges they blindly keep in cheering their psycho leader ...mouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu :)
09 October 2012, 17:43
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He is deep to his throat with the syrian regime and he does what he can to defend hizbushaitan because he is scred:
- if he leaves them, they will kill him.
- if he stays with them, he is dead politically.
either way he is doomed and he knows it.
09 October 2012, 17:50
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euh...could you explain then why your ministers have approved the government's electoral law proposition if your are so keen on the Orthodox Gathering proposition? don't take people for idiots please...
09 October 2012, 17:51
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euh...could you explain then why your ministers have approved the government's electoral law proposition if your are so keen on the Orthodox Gathering proposition? don't take people for idiots please...
09 October 2012, 17:53
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euh...could you explain then why your ministers have approved the government's electoral law proposition if your are so keen on the Orthodox Gathering proposition? don't take people for idiots please...
09 October 2012, 18:01
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Cukoo....cukoo....it is Tuesday. The combover looks bad still. The logic is still twisted. The Christian backstabber is supporting the devil Hizbcocaine. All is normal.
09 October 2012, 18:18
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You are part of the government you s***bag, and you have a big portion of the deputies in your bloc. If someone is involved in a heinous crime, it's not enough to issue condemnations, killers should be prosecuted to the furthest extent of the law. They should be hanged or shot just like the Lebanese law dictates for premeditated murder. We live in a state which you are supposed to be part of and help to build and fortify with the rule of law.
09 October 2012, 18:50
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@FlameThrower
To use your own style of responses. If that is what you think and it annoys you why are you following it and commenting still ;-)
What's good for the goose...
09 October 2012, 19:24
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hahaha there's nothing more predictable than your brainwashed views flamethrower.. You should go back to France in your bajamas with him..
I admit your post was funny though..
But trust me, no one can be as stupid as someone who follows blindly his master, especially when he's going against every value he believes in! Someone who waits up for every tuesday to defend his master's views, no matter how ridicule and outdated they are, just to feel relevant!
I hope one day you'll look back at your comments and realize how blind you are.. one love
09 October 2012, 19:38
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instead off all this bickering about the elections let the lebanese people vote in a referrendum to which kind of election law the people want ,
in real democracies power is for the people
09 October 2012, 20:16
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It's always someone else's fault--how about coming up with a CONSENSUS and then formulating the plan instead of making up your own bad plan and insist others cling to it. The same could be said of his son in laws electricity plan which was flawed from the beginning.
Hey Aoun---you aren't the savior, or even a savior--just someone who has compromised his once good stances for the sake of allying with the mercenaries known as HA.
09 October 2012, 22:15
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Arent you ashamed of even referring to these murderers thugs who have an islamic revolution as their main aim at any cost and you are to blind to see it,shame on u General. PARTITION IS THE ANSWER.
09 October 2012, 22:38
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Stupid cliches FT! Very few would like Geagea to be president. Most of the LF are not interrested! Stop spilling your venom FT! You are the boring one!
Aoun needs shiaa votes. It is crystal clear. He knows that if the votes are 100% christian as in small circonscriptions... He will loose! You and your IDOL are pathetic...
09 October 2012, 23:05
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Karim, how did you like the Hezbollah fighters in body bags a few days ago? More to come, go help your brothers dig up some more graves. We'll do it right this time. No more room for Majoosi filth in the Levant anymore. Either live like normal and civilized citizens or move back to Tehran where you came from.
09 October 2012, 23:05
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Karim, how did you like the Hezbollah fighters in body bags a few days ago? More to come, go help your brothers dig up some more graves. We'll do it right this time. No more room for Majoosi filth in the Levant anymore. Either live like normal and civilized citizens or move back to Tehran where you came from.
10 October 2012, 08:11
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Yes the free terrorist army that is fighting against Assad's uncivilized barbarian thugs alongside the iranian project named Hezbilat. In 2 years, I promise everyone here that there will be no such thing as Hezbollah or Iranian presecene in the Levant. I repeat what I said yesterday, either join the civilized world or go back to Tehran your ancestral land.
10 October 2012, 06:05
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Another propaganda employee, filling this forum your useleSS jargon....
10 October 2012, 07:47
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Aoun lost his religion, his soul , his patriotism and his mind.
He should have been diagnosed with advanced dementia/Alzheimer's six years ago.
His ego is so damn big, he will never admit his costly mistakes.
Lord have mercy on this traitor!
10 October 2012, 07:52
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He is NOT a patriot--he may have been at one time, but he has sacrificed his ideals to have an unholy alliance with farsifascists. For that reason, he is also not a defender of democracy since there is no democracy in the supporting states of Iran and Syria.
Move on Karim and try blowing that smoke over the minions of sheep--it doesn't work on people who can think on their own.
10 October 2012, 08:09
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This is what Aoun and his scumbags are doing... no class whatsoever!
تجاوزت الحملة الاعلامية على مي شدياق عبر مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي من مؤيدين
لـ"التيار الوطني الحر" الحدود المقبولة اخلاقيا واجتماعيا، اذ كتب هؤلاء ردا على اعلان شدياق ترشحها عن احد المقاعد النيابية في كسروان عبارات مقززة ومنها: لا يجوز ان تتمثل المنطقة بمعوقين، انتخاب مي شدياق في كسروان لن يمر لأنه مخالف للدستور الذي يقضي بتمثيل المنطقة بخمسة نواب وليس بأربعة نواب ونصف نائب، الى تعليقات كثيرة غير لائقة وذات ايحاءات جنسية ومبتذلة.
10 October 2012, 08:34
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The 1 % of the Lebanese society controls the 99% i say down with the 1 % , only way to be saved once and for all, from all these tyrants !!
10 October 2012, 08:36
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Just look at who Owns the shops, the malls, the lands, Oil industries... Its them the politicians & and their african mates !
