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| Leb army chief will resign as soon as new president is elected |
| 2007-11-14 |
| According to Al Markaziyeh news the Army Commander Gen. Michel Suleiman has privately informed Prime Minister Fouad Siniora that he intends to submit his resignation immediately after the election of a new President of the Republic but prime minister Siniora refused to discuss this issue at this time. Suleiman's name came up on several occasion as a consensus presidential candidate , but since he is a government employee he could not be considered as a legal candidate. According to the constitution a government employee can only be considered as a candidate two years after the end of his service , in other words he has to resign two years prior to consideration for the presidential position. In order for him to be considered now for the position the constitution has to be amended and the country is not prepared to take such a step at this stage. |
| Posted by:Fred |