Aoun: Majoritarian Govt. Could Be Formed, Parties Unwilling to Participate Can Stay Out
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Returning from New York where he took part in the U.N. General Assembly, President Michel Aoun said on Friday that a majoritarian government can be formed shall efforts fail to form a national unity one, and that parties unwilling to participate are free to leave the government.
“There are two kinds of governments, a national coalition one and a majoritarian. Let a majoritarian government be formed shall we fail to form a national coalition one, according to the rules in place. Those who do not wish to participate can leave,” said Aoun.
To a question on whether such a choice is applicable and capable of being endorsed in parliament, Aoun said in remarks he made to reporters: “A government can be formed based on the convictions and standards replicated in the proportional representation system. If some continue to refuse, let it then be formed based on convictions.
“I as President can’t leave the government, but parties that support me can,” he added.
Lebanon has been unable to form a Cabinet since May 24 when PM-designate Saad Hariri was tasked with the mission.
Wrangling between political parties over portfolios and shares, mainly the Christian and Druze representation, has delayed his task..
On linking a political solution in Syria to the return of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Aoun said the international community seems determined to link the two issues together for political ends, “there is a certain background related to the many facets of politics,” he said.
28 September 2018, 13:58
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I agree with president Aoun that it is not a basic human right for everybody to be part of a government. National unity is just empty words anyway, and a majority government will be more effective in many ways. However, I just wish that if just one party was left out in the cold it would be Hezbollah who will eventually drag us into war, not LF who will contribute towards modernizing Lebanon.
28 September 2018, 16:00
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"I as President can’t leave the government. Although, when I was a member of parliament I kept insisting that the president's share in the government is unconstitutional. Which means I should leave the government and then a government can at last be formed."
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28 September 2018, 17:53
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So Aoun doesn't mean "majority" of the population, which would mean Shias, but "majority" of the minority allowed to form the government. Maybe he wants to restart the civil war, the continuation of politics by other means. That threat has always been the Christian response to threats to Lebanon's "stability".
29 September 2018, 16:34
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To paraphrase Nietzsche (who said Christians should act more saved), Lebanon should act more independent. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is the proud claim of the minority ruling elite that it can't run its own country.
