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| Hezbollah adds Lebanon presidency, pony to its demands | |
| 2007-05-02 | |
As if the summer war which left Lebanon in ruins, and the sit-in protest which left its economy in shambles, were not enough - Hezbollah is now targeting the presidency of the country, in another effort to destabilize it. Hezbollah now wants the next Lebanese President to adopt the so-called "memorandum of understanding" signed by Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and General Michel Aoun. In other words, the "Party of God" wants the next president to be another Hezbollah ally and to be pro-Syrian and pro-Iranian. "Hezbollah agrees on a president who is committed to the memorandum of understanding between it (Hezbollah) and Gen. Aoun," Hezbollah MP Mohammed Raad said in remarks published by the daily An Nahar on Tuesday.
What the Hezbollah member is saying is not in line with the constitution, but rather the same method used by Syrian president Bashar el-Assad in 2004, when he flexed his muscles as an occupier and forced a change in the constitution to allow for the extension of LahoudÂ’s terms. Hezbollah is trying to dictate the future of Lebanon using its arms as a source of power against the will of the Lebanese. Old dictatorial tricks that are known to all. The Lebanese presidency is a Christian issue and Hezbollah has no business in interfering in internal Christian affairs. Hezbollah has already hijacked the rights of the Shiites, for which many leaders in the Shiite community are extremely bitter, but the Lebanese cannot standby and watch the militia hijack the rights of everyone else. The Christian leaders consult amongst themselves in coordination with Patriarch Sfeir to decide who will run and the parliament usually votes for the designated candidates. The candidate that achieves absolute majority wins, but if no one gets an absolute majority then, like what just happened in France, there will be a runoff for the 2 candidates that obtain the largest number of votes. Again here whoever achieves the absolute majority wins. No one talks about two thirds majority Hezbollah has promised Aoun the presidency as his price for helping them destabilize the country and for keeping his mouth shut during the war, and now they have to deliver. But the Lebanese are clearly tired of both Aoun and Hezbollah, particularly following their attempted coup in January 2007 which nearly ignited a second civil war. The parliament was freely elected by the people and the majority in the parliament should have the only say on who will be the next president. Hezbollah has to accept whoever the majority decides on. It is not Hezbollah's business to decide who should run and who should not. When we heard yesterday that Hezbollah is reaching out and is ready for a settlement we thought Â…great! Finally Hezbollah has put on its Lebanese hat and decided to end the destabilization of the country. But alas it took less than 24 hours to change the dream into another nightmare. Time for Lebanon to tell Hezbollah - Buzz off Time to tell Hezbollah "pack up and leave downtown and go back home, enough damage done and you have overstayed your welcome." Time to tell Hezbollah "you had your chances in shaping the future of the country but you miscalculated badly and left it in ruins." | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 total paralysis for six years In Lebanon, how could you tell? |
| Posted by: Spot 2007-05-02 08:26 |
| #2 HAARETZ > Hizzies, etal. > WINOGRAD REPORT [Olmert]s problems-failures] PROVES IT WON/VICTORIOUS AGZ ISRAEL IN 2006. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-05-02 01:54 |
| #1 Hezbollah adds Lebanon presidency to its demands "And a pony!" |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-02 01:10 |