Aoun: We Achieved What We Wanted in Today's Session, No President before Electoral Law
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Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Michel Aoun announced Thursday after a stormy cabinet session and violent street protests that his movement managed to achieve its objectives from what he had dubbed as a “fateful day,” stressing that “there will be no new president” before the political forces agree on a new electoral law.
“Today was a historic day for us and we're still at the beginning of our movements. We will regain everything that they usurped from us through erosion,” said Aoun at a press conference in Rabieh.
“You saw how the young men were assaulted by the armed forces,” said Aoun of the scuffles that erupted between FPM protesters and the army outside the Grand Serail.
“Do you think that the use of force will deter us?” he asked rhetorically.
The FPM leader also criticized the army's Orientation Directorate for issuing two statements in which it announced that “the military institution will not be dragged into a confrontation with any party” and that “seven troops were injured after a group of protesters assaulted them.”
“I ask the (army's Orientation Directorate) in Yarze about the purpose behind its statements. Is it to justify the assault on the protesters? No one attacked the security forces,” Aoun added.
Emphasizing that “no one has the right to extend the terms of the parliament or the army commander,” Aoun lamented the presence of “bad and wrong interpretations of the Constitution.”
“The presidential election can only happen through a settlement enjoying everyone's consent because this parliament is illegitimate. The articles of the Constitution cannot be bypassed in the approach through which cabinet sessions are being run,” the FPM leader underlined.
“There won't be a new president before devising a new electoral law” for parliamentary polls, Aoun added.
Asked about the absence of the FPM's allies from the street protests, Aoun said: “I don't want to talk about my allies and the issue is a Christian cause.”
“We will continue our moves and we want our rights,” he went on to say.
“We are the biggest Christian bloc in parliament,” he pointed out.
Asked whether there will be further protests in the coming days, Aoun noted that they will be suspended until Eid al-Fitr.
“We achieved what we wanted in the cabinet session,” he declared, adding that “no decisions will be taken in cabinet” without the “approval” of the FPM and its allies.
Earlier on Thursday, the cabinet's parties agreed to continue the thorny debate over the cabinet's decision-taking mechanism after Eid al-Fitr, after a heated session that witnessed the approval of one ordinary agenda item.
Aoun had called on his supporters to prepare for rallies to restore what he described as “the rights of the Christians.” Preparations for the demos began after the cabinet failed to discuss the appointment of high-ranking security and military officials.
The FPM chief has been lobbying for the appointment of Commando Regiment commander Chamel Roukoz, his son-in-law, as army chief.
Y.R.
10 July 2015, 18:24
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Ransar, you see, you guys have pushed this poor guy Aoun so hard that now you made him hit the wall the hard way. You people expected so much form him, he too expected so much from you people, now he couldn't deliver anymore, what to do? It is a very bad predicament for the Hezbollah-led M8 alliance to be honest and expect it to get worse in due time.
09 July 2015, 17:21
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what's wrong with a peaceful and democratic victory? would you prefer a violent one? we also can do those. but tell me, when was the last victory you guys ever had? 200 bearded fanatics on the "day of rage" beating up journalists and burning TV vans?
lol, ya bunch of losers.
09 July 2015, 17:25
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they chose the middle way, wanting to avoid a parliamentary void, and i disapprove of that, but while hezbollah and amal -settled- for it, your m14 puppets were the ones who -imposed- it.
09 July 2015, 17:44
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I know you're not very smart but try to focus a little, I'm sure even you can get it. They imposed it by preventing the adoption of an electoral law, creating a situation where you only have two choice: let the parliament be dissolved and fall into a void with unpredictable outcomes, or extend its term.
09 July 2015, 18:12
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Judging by the flow of comments, Aoun did achieve what he wanted - give M14ers a terrible reflux, indigestion and flatulence!
09 July 2015, 18:48
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side effects are many, including reflux. I suggest Gaviscon or Maalox.
09 July 2015, 18:50
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Saturn, I do not enjoy negating you as a poster, but today I am under moral obligation to counter your views. You mentioned flow of comments, No Sir, this is not because Aoun achieved anything, on the contrary, he achieved nothing further than the length of his nose. The flow of comments today come from a population that has been repeatedly angered by this man capacity to mess with the nation, his anger, his propensity to say things without thinking, to commit a people to recklessness and irresponsible behaviors have today brought about that last drop, or the one before the last drop. Tragically for Aoun, his political capital has been now seriously dented and I personally very much doubt he will ever recover.
09 July 2015, 18:43
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Elak 3eyn enta ya Mowaten to call this a peaceful demo? What TV station do you watch, Disney's? 4 Lebanese soldiers were hurt, some of them quite badly, why is that? is that peaceful? Your Claouns tried to invade the Serail, walaw with 400? Did you forget some years ago, you claimed to be a million, then again under the Claoun's instigation, you people dared not move an inch. So what happened ya Mowaten, after you went to the demos, you had someone trolling for you? I am truly sorry to tell you this, hey no! I am happy to tell you, that now we know who the real losers are, when they hit their heads against a thick wall, they claim victory and if the call doesn't go through, they insult, just as you're doing, you ya Mowaten are a perfect specimen of Yellow and Orange culture. Today you guys bruised your noses, best you do some mending, to your silly pride.
09 July 2015, 19:14
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Mowaten, sure we live in planet earth, and even closer, we live in Lebanon and the date happens to be Thursday 9 July 2015. I can see how bitter you are today, trying best as you can to turn the matter into a mundane discussion. First, there were not many people today, they were estimated to be around 700 cars in Beirut, and 3 occupants in each. In Jezzin there were about 25 cars. The tragedy started when they got off their cars, in Banks Street Downtown, they were estimated to be 400 people, 400 frenzied people intent on causing harm. Try not to exonerate the guilty, you lot tried and failed, call it Black Thursday, because in truth this is what you got. But for your own sake, calm down, you look like someone who will have a heart-attack.
09 July 2015, 19:16
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Even the puppet master dares not try any more tricks, these people are bankrupt, to the bone-marrow.
09 July 2015, 20:14
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Aoun: We Achieved What We Wanted in Today's Session
and it looks like he did!!!!
الجيش ينشر صوراً لجرحاه بعد تظاهرة “التيار الوطني الحر”
http://www.lebanese-forces.com/2015/07/09/army-injured/
09 July 2015, 22:59
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this guy is retarded and very mental. the reason lebanon will never become a normal safe place is because of him, his family and his lackies. he thinks lebanon belongs to him to do what he pleases. just like i said retarded with a bunch of retardos.. god help the labanese..
10 July 2015, 00:59
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هنيئا لك يا نيرون لبنان فقد بدأت النار التي اشعلتها تاكل الأخضر واليابس في الوطن وقسمت البلد الى عملاء ايران واحرار الوطن. علما ان دلالكم يجعل كل مسيحي يحاول ان يغادر البلد لعائلتك تحت هيمنة حزب الله
تحت عناوين عدة كاذبة لا يهمكم سوى المصلحة العائلية وتكديس الأموال التي لن تحتاجها تحت التراب
10 July 2015, 15:51
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he had to claim a "divine victory" or his 400 protesters would have been disappointed. He could have lost half of them.
10 July 2015, 15:02
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all the comments were deleted and the thread means nothing now. It is obvious the troll did a very good job.
