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Aoun says Emile won't be toppled
Head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Michel Aoun reiterated his opinion about the presidency Sunday, as he announced the opening of an FPM radio station. Aoun said: "the presidency will neither be toppled in the street nor will there be a constitutional resignation." Aoun was speaking on Sunday during a news conference to announce the opening of Sawt al-Ghad (Voice of Tomorrow) radio station, which he said was granted to the FPM by Former Minister Suleiman Franjieh.
Franjieh's owned by the Syrians, so it looks like Aoun's been at least rented...
Addressing the station's director and the editorial staff at his residence in Rabieh, Aoun said that the issue of the presidency is still being discussed in the National Dialogue that started on Thursday and the results will not be known until the dialogue is over. "I am curious more than the world to know the next president will be," the FPM leader said in response to a question asked if the next president was named in the discussions.

In his assessment of the dialogue, Aoun said: "The positions made are clear and face-to-face confrontation is the best outcome of the dialogue." Aoun hoped that after the dialogue is over, the next things to be discussed will be the economic improvement or economic projects for Lebanon. As for some political forces that criticized the dialogue, Aoun said that there are political parties that have different positions about the dialogue. "Those political forces are not coherent," he said.
Posted by: Fred 2006-03-06
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