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| Berri: My initiative is supported by 76.9 % of the Lebanese |
| 2007-09-15 |
| Lebanon's speaker Nabih Berri stressed last night that his initiative is made in Lebanon , is supported by 76.9 % of the Lebanese and neither Syria nor the rest of the opposition knew about it before it was announced Berri disclosed the above during an interview with Marcel Ghanem host of LBCTV 's Kalam el Nas program. Berri revealed that neither Syria nor Hezbollah and Free patriotic movement of General Michel Aoun knew about the initiative before he declared it . Berri revealed that he has asked a local research firm to find out how the Lebanese people felt about the initiative and the results were very encouraging he said: - 76.9 % of the all the Lebanese support it against 23.1% that don'tBerri told Ghanem that his initiative is supported by Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-Moon. Berri revealed that he was waiting for a positive response from the March 14 alliance before visiting Patriarch Sfeir in Bkirki, discuss all the candidates he ( Sfeir) has in mind and agree on one consensus candidate . He said so far he has not received March 14 response. When asked by Ghanem why he came up with the initiative he said " I would like to think that I have matured enough to realize that we have reached a deadlock and it is about time we drop the demand for a government of national unity. He added " the government will be formed immediately after the new president is elected." It is not clear why Berri claimed that he did not receive March 14 alliance response. March 14 alliance offered a positive response yesterday after a meeting Wednesday at the residence of former president Amine Gemayel in Bikfaya. The response was published yesterday by Ya Libnan and most of the Lebanese newspapers. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I too have a solution for Lebanon. |
| Posted by: Gabi Ashkenazi 2007-09-15 09:43 |