Report: Divisions Emerge between Aoun, Hizbullah over Extension of Qahwaji's Term
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Divisions have emerged between Hizbullah and the Free Patriotic Movement over the extension of the term of Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.
It said that while FPM leader MP Michel Aoun had voiced his rejection to the extension, Hizbullah had never made such a position.
Observers told the daily that the division between the allies has prompted the FPM to urge Speaker Nabih Berri to discourage Hizbullah from advocating the extension.
General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim reportedly joined these efforts in order to allow the FPM and Hizbullah to resolve this dispute ahead of the parliament session that is scheduled for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Disputes have emerged however between Berri and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati over the nature of the session, with the former demanding that it tackle various draft laws and the latter demanding that it only tackle the extension of the term of various security officials, including Qahwaji.
This dispute is threatening the postponement of the session.
Aoun had declared on Friday that he opposes extending the tenure of the army commander, rejecting what he called “selectivity” in putting draft laws on parliament's agenda.
He stressed that extending Qahwaji's term would be illegal and not an appropriate way to “reward” the army after the Abra battle in the southern city of Sidon on Sunday and Monday.
“Urgent draft laws were disregarded and not put on the agenda of parliament's session, although they have the priority,” Aoun said after an extraordinary meeting for the Change and Reform bloc.
He wondered: “Why should the parliament usurp the cabinet's powers in appointing the army commander?”
29 June 2013, 08:50
01
Brilliant move..now the question is; whose position does the 14'rs have to side with? hmmm?
29 June 2013, 08:53
01
Brilliant move..now I wonder whose stance will the 14'ners approve of..hmm..
29 June 2013, 08:55
10
Soon more and more people will hopefully come to realize the true nature of this opportunistic psychopath. He's as 'dirty' as the rest of them, placing personal interests - in this case wanting yet another son-in-law appointed - rather than fighting for the so-called 'interests of the christians'... Go sell your rotten tomatoes somewhere else!!!
29 June 2013, 08:58
514
expect new revelations about who started the incidents with the army in saida that will turn all this into a major problem.
new elements are starting to emerge and their outcome when confirmed will show who really killed the army elements.
29 June 2013, 11:45
153
Not ...
More propaganda just like the faked video footage of HA supposedly fighting with the Army ...
29 June 2013, 14:43
15
The army is working impartially....? You sure of that? Then again, when thousands of armed HA terrorists cross over into Syria right under the nose of the great army intelligence, and thousands of Iraqis land at the airport to join the fight in Syria, and the army watches and guides the invasion of beirut, to you that is impartial...!
30 June 2013, 02:13
01
Wow... so lets keep the army impartial... wow... so lets go on a rally infront of the Iranian Embassy after notifying the army, one of the guys there gets shot point-blank infront of the eyes of the army, and the army turns a blind eye that is your impartiality?
So many different examples can be laid out to you about when the Army should have intervened to maintain the peace and PROTECT (yes that is it's main job) PROTECT the people, and the army remained on the sidelines watching civilians property being ransacked and themselves killed.
30 June 2013, 02:13
00
Wow... so lets keep the army impartial... wow... so lets go on a rally infront of the Iranian Embassy after notifying the army, one of the guys there gets shot point-blank infront of the eyes of the army, and the army turns a blind eye that is your impartiality?
So many different examples can be laid out to you about when the Army should have intervened to maintain the peace and PROTECT (yes that is it's main job) PROTECT the people, and the army remained on the sidelines watching civilians property being ransacked and themselves killed.
30 June 2013, 02:16
01
No buddy the army deserves NO respect not, not because it's the Lebanese army it isn't. It's their army and their protector. It's Lebanese who refuse ayatollah Nasrallah and his Wilayat al Faqih that have no protector. Some of them saw Al-Assir (despite him being a nut job) their protector their savior from the hegemony of Hizbullah, someone that can defend them when they go out to express their mind and get shot by a black shirted yellow ribboned maniac. That's why he had people who followed him, they had enough of your rhetoric of non-interventional BS they had enough being walked all over.
29 June 2013, 09:08
515
If Nasrallah does not throw the Lunatic Aoun a bone, the poor fool is going to have a month long tantrum.
29 June 2013, 09:52
412
It all depends on what Ayatollah Nasrallah finds best fitting for wilayat al faqih during these tough complex times.
29 June 2013, 20:50
01
I will agree with you on this, but this must require disarming the entire country including Hizbullah. Granted there will be no politicians for them to assassinate but that would be the only way people would feel equality.
29 June 2013, 10:30
00
I refuse to let these animals lead me and my country. let them kill me. I will run for elections as a young lawyer who takes lebanon's interests to heart. I WILL turn Lebanon into the best country in the world!
29 June 2013, 11:00
510
The biggest problem with der general is that he is always against something and doesn't have the ability or willingness to compromise on some things to get concessions on other more important issues. Principles don't get things done in this day and age---you need to give a little to get something back.
29 June 2013, 19:52
03
first ft or -ft or whatever pseudonym you like to use these days, I am anti m8, but that does not mean I am pro m14. you m8ers have a black and white issue regarding this--if you are anti m8, you are automatically m14. simple reasoning for simple folks.
my point regarding der general is that he actually was a general and as a general he should know that there are many battles to win a war. Instead of choosing some battles, he is choosing all of them, and his negativity is wearing thin. This doesn't mean I disagree with all of his stances (I agree with his opposition to the MP extension for example), but if he wants to change the hearts and minds of people in other camps, he should pay attention to HOW he is perceived. PR 101.
29 June 2013, 11:14
166
There will always be differences between Amal, HA and the FPM ... this time is no different. Auon is correct, appointments should be through the cabinet and extensions are a circumvention to the constitution.
29 June 2013, 13:14
212
It does not matter who becomes what, does it? the government is crippled and animated like a puppet by The Iranian Syrian axis, how the puppet looks like does not matter.
29 June 2013, 13:19
113
LOL! ... Where do all the politicians go to get permission? Iran?
No ... they go to the KSA to get permission, all of them ...
But Lebanon must be punished for the KSAs humiliating defeat in Syria.
29 June 2013, 13:31
103
@ voyager
HA representatives from Parliament go to the KSA just like all the other parties ...
It is the KSA that controls Lebanese politics and now they want revenge for their Syrian debacle from Lebanon.
30 June 2013, 00:56
02
That is because there is a hot line between Dahye and Tehran. So the Khameni's orders are many and daily and travel would be prohibitive and just not practical. Nasrallah never has to ask for permission, his orders are clear and all he has is execute.
29 June 2013, 20:26
02
Both FPM and Hizb have these differences once in a while but not serious enough to threaten the relationship..although there seem to be more of them recently. I think that Aoun needs to complain and whine from time to time to get over his tantrums and understanbly so since he seldom gets what he wants!
30 June 2013, 04:36
01
Your vocabulary is so limited, you almost remind me of jabalamel ........ but your avatar is much prettier.
