Adwan Urges Miqati to Decide between Legitimacy of Force or Power of Legitimacy

Lebanese Forces MP George Adwan said on Thursday that granting the cabinet the vote of confidence will not affect any clause in the policy statement.

Adwan, during the fifth session of the three-day discussions of the cabinet’s policy statement, addressed PM Najib Miqati by saying: “We don’t envy you because no one wants to be in your place. No one envies the role that the government has to play amid the national crisis.”

“We’re relieved because we are not in the government,” he stressed.

He remarked that there are two directions followed in the country, the first is “trying to rise with the state while the second wants to abduct it.”

Adwan wondered if the policy statement really reflects Miqati’s vision.

The MP urged the Prime Minister to choose between the legitimacy of the force and the power of legitimacy.

“You might be participating in covering up the legitimacy of force instead of representing it,” he noted.

Concerning Lebanon’s relations with the international community, Adwan said that there’s no room to be “selective”.

“One of the factors that make Lebanon strong is its international ties. We care about Lebanon’s interests not what this cabinet wants from Lebanon,” he stressed.

He said that the different parties that were gathered at the national dialogue agreed on most issues except the issue of Hizbullah’s arms that was supposed to be discussed within the defense strategy, which “regretfully” was an incomplete step.

The MP stated: “We don’t have to choose whether to grant this cabinet our vote of confidence or not because we already chose between the legitimacy of force and the power of legitimacy.”

“What good is it for a human if he won the whole world and the cabinet and lost himself?” Adwan wondered.