Raad Repeats Nasrallah's 'Advice' to Suleiman: Don't Form a De Facto Govt.
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Head of Loyalty to Resistance bloc MP Mohammed Raad on Monday met with President Michel Suleiman in Baabda and repeated the “advice” of Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who had called for avoiding a “de facto cabinet.”
"The meeting was positive and represented the best response to reports claiming ties were severed between the two parties," Hizbullah's al-Manar television quoted sources close to Baabda as saying.
“Raad stressed the importance of electing a president within the constitutional timeframe and Suleiman backed his viewpoint,” the sources added, according to al-Manar.
The TV network said “Raad conveyed the bloc's point of view, which calls for a unity cabinet, underlining how dangerous it is to form a de facto government and repeating the 'advice' about refraining from opting for this choice given the threats it poses to the country.”
For his part, Suleiman told Raad that “the issue of the cabinet formation process is in the hands of Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam," according to the same sources.
As Safir newspaper had said that the Baabda Palace talks would focus on the latest political and security developments.
Raad and the Hizbullah delegation that accompanied him left the meeting without making a statement.
On Sunday, Raad had called on the March 14 camp to return to the national dialogue in order to tackle pending disputes.
“I call on my brothers and partners in Lebanon to realize that time is running out,” he remarked.
“We are in need of revitalizing all of the country's institutions and we should listen to each other's needs in order to do so,” he added.
“We must return to dialogue. We may change the form and agenda of the dialogue if you do not like it,” he stressed.
“You silence however is leading you to the abyss and you are leading your partners to greater dangers,” warned Raad.
Tensions were high between Suleiman and Hizbullah over the failure to form a new government and over the upcoming presidential election.
Suleiman had suggested the formation of a government that can stage the elections even if it does not enjoy parliament's confidence.
Hizbullah had rejected such a proposal, deeming it unconstitutional.
Suleiman's sources had also recently hinted that he may seek the formation of a de facto cabinet if the political disputes persist.
On Friday, Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had adamantly rejected such a government, saying that a national unity one should be formed instead as it will ensure Lebanon's salvation.
Suleiman's term ends in May 2014.
23 December 2013, 12:40
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they are realizing n one is afraid anymore and that we are all ready to whatever might happen.
23 December 2013, 12:55
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a gangster armed militia is terrorizing the country all in the name of defending us form israel- reminds me when we got terrorized by the syrian regime all for the same reasons....life sucks in lebanon
23 December 2013, 12:56
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“You silence however is leading you to the abyss and you are leading your partners to greater dangers,” warned Raad.
If silence leads one to the abyss, what would sending 20,000 sectarian fighters to Syria to kill women and children do to you?
23 December 2013, 13:31
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(1). I honestly don't know what to do with Mr. Raad's statement, could it be that he is deeply suffering from what the French aptly call "Effet a retardation" or what?! Mr. Raad, hello, can you hear me? Your statement of today is what your Lebanese political foes have been drumming over you guys' ears for donkey years, when did you bother to listen? How many people who are known to be highly responsible people have told you not to destroy the economy, when did you listen? Hariri won two elections clear and neat, what did you guys do to him but hijack his cabinets? Now your M8 led cabinet has burnt all alleys, gone into another wild adventure in Syria, so now several years late, you're coming to tell us what we've been literally shouting at you people to accept?!
23 December 2013, 13:35
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(2). Mr. Raad, truth is that your party is deep in it, and only your Lebanese siblings, yeah, those you kept blowing up day and night, and mocking them along the way, they remain your best refuge, but this time have the dignity to accept that the language of guns will never take you or us all anywhere forward. Your Hezbollah has almost totally defaced Lebanon, you have even defaced the very symbol you once represented, your being a chronic puppet for foreigners took us nowhere but to catastrophe after catastrophe. If you loved Lebanon, after you helped liberate the South, you would have joined the LAF, weapons and men, and help us all build a strong army, a strong Lebanon with whom no one would dare mess with. T3ishu wout fi2ou, 7alkoun ba2a ya jame3a, toley3el sha3r min lsenah!!
23 December 2013, 14:02
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If you don't mind Cedre, and with all my due respects to you, post this link in the thread where it belongs, not here, if you please.
23 December 2013, 18:48
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seems that southern does not know the links between iran and alqaeda.... i advise him to read on the subject and he ll be more balanced in his rantings....
23 December 2013, 19:03
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He means Wiam Wahab, arslan and people of that calibre. When I listen to Wahab talking and threatening I write down his words of wisdom so that they can be saved for future generations. This national treasure shouldn't be overlooked.
Skeleton is dying to meet him.
23 December 2013, 21:03
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Comment le Hezbollah peut-il encore prétendre siéger au gouvernement libanais ?
Une vidéo accablante pour le Hezbollah en Syrie
Le parti chiite exécute des blessés : une mission divine...
http://www.mediarabe.info/spip.php?article2354
24 December 2013, 01:20
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Nothing but a bunch of thugs warning thw rest of us FREE LEBANESE not to try and rescue Lebanon, you enjoy this status quo. I say bring the fight on, you only understand the language of violence
24 December 2013, 02:47
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Warned the President against forming a De Facto Govt.
What will you do? The same proven methods of assassinating its members or a coup.
I think our President should take this warning seriously and not have the blood of this De Facto Govt on his hands. After all, has Lebanon or the International community been able to deliver justice for all past crimes committed by the so called resistance.
