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Syrian paper: Lebanon crises could stretch into spring 2009
Syrias Alwatan daily has quoted a key member of the Hezbollah -led opposition as saying that the crises in Lebanon could continue unresolved until the parliamentary elections in the spring of 2009. He blamed the delay of resolving the crises on the government resolution which amended the constitution to enable the election of Lebanons army chief General Michel Suleiman. He criticized the decision of the government and said that this will not change the position of the opposition as long as the majority refuses to agree on the type of unity government that will be formed after Suleiman is elected . The Syrian paper did not name the source of its information. The opposition wants to have a veto power in the new government a demand that the majority have refused to agree to before the election of the president . The majority is leaving any decisions on the makeup of the new government to the new head of state in accordance with the presidential constitutional rights. The majority is stressing that creating preconditions prior to the election will weaken the presidency and undermine the role of the Christian community. Posted by: Fred 2007-12-28 |
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