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| Syria has its own road map for Lebanon |
| 2008-01-24 |
| Arab League chief Amr Moussa found out during his last visit to Syria that Damascus has a different road map for Lebanon than the proposed Arab initiative , according to sources close to Moussa. The three point Arab League plan calls for the immediate election of the president to be followed by the formation of a national unity government based on the constitution, to be followed by a new electoral law . A step by step approach for ending the crises . The Syrian road map centers around blocking the second step (Government formation) of the Arab plan in order to achieve its ultimate objective which is the blocking of the election of army General Michel Suleiman and replacing him with a candidate who will be similar to the former president Emile Lahoud . This is the reason for the recent accusations by the Lebanese pro-Syrian media against General Suleiman . In doing so the media is trying to prepare the country for his dismissal as the only candidate and replacing him by a pro-Syrian candidate . The media even claimed that Syrian president Bashar al Assad has picked out one name from the list of candidates that Cardinal Sfeir has presented to Berri, but this could not be confirmed. General Michel Aoun is not the candidate that Syria has in mind according to the sources. This is why when Aoun found out about SyriaÂ’s plans he decided not to go to the quartet meeting that was scheduled for last Saturday. Aoun pretended that he was sick with kidney stones and asked his son- in -law to represent him in the meeting . This is of course a big blow to AounÂ’s dream. This is the second time that the Syrians deceive general Aoun the first time was in 1988. Aoun joined the Hezbollah-led opposition with the sole objective of replacing Lahoud as the next president . His alliance angered the Christian community and the parliament majority and turned his dream into a nightmare. |
| Posted by:Fred |