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Is this how Hezbollah serves Michel Aoun?
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] If we believe in Leb as a democracy, we accept that Christian leader  Michel Aoun...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah... becomes president if he is elected by a majority in parliament. Democracy obliges us to accept results no matter what they are. It means we must congratulate the new president, give him a chance to implement his plan, and help him whenever possible because Leb - like all countries - needs a president and the regulation of institutions’ work. However, nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits... in Leb we live a different reality that does not resemble democracy at all. The era of Syrian tutelage, which long controlled the presidency, seems to go on as Hezbollah has inherited its role and is telling the world and the Lebanese people: "Either elect Aoun or there will be no president." Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem  ... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies... reiterated this stance on Sunday: "He who wants to elect a president only has one path to take, and it leads to... Aoun. Superpowers, regional countries, the UN Security Council and the Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... can’t alter this path. They’ve tried to do so for more than two years now, and haven’t achieved anything... The region’s developments, whether negative or positive, can’t change this path." I do not know if Hezbollah thinks it is serving Aoun with this provocative and snobbish approach - which does not take anyone inside or outside Leb into consideration - or whether it is adopting a policy of burning him by increasing others’ intransigence, so it eventually tells him: "We did what we were supposed to do but couldn’t achieve any results." If Hezbollah really wants Aoun as president, it should negotiate to help achieve this goal instead of taking to platforms and defying everyone. It has even lost those who could have met it halfway. It must also soften its sharp rhetoric against Arab countries. It must not hail insults and threats against them, then ask them not to object to its presidential candidate. Hezbollah is harming Aoun and his history of struggle and domestic and foreign relations, and pushing others to reject him. If it manages to present him as a candidate by defying everyone, not via consensus, this establishes an era where Aoun’s failures almost precede his successes. Why does he accept all this? Is he not aware of what the "me or nobody else" approach means in the history of people and their countries? Posted by: Fred 2016-09-25 |
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