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| Aoun: We Can't Live According to STL Mood, Hariri Has Become a Dictator |
| 2010-11-03 |
| [An Nahar] Today, Premier Saad Hariri has become a dictator, because all state authorities are under his control, Free Patriotic Movement Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... leader MP Michel Aoun, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah charged Tuesday. "The energy and water ministry had submitted a project on gas-powered vehicles eight months ago. Why hasn't the government endorsed it yet? We say that Leb is a looted country," Aoun told news hounds after the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform bloc's weekly meeting. Asked about FPM's campaign regarding alleged violations in the finance ministry, Aoun said: "Some politicians have been saying that we are putting ex-PM Rafik Hariri on trial. The truth is that we're trying to retrieve the stolen money." "Those who have been indulged in wrongdoing since 20 years won't be able to correct things today; the approach of the past has fallen and change and reform are coming." Tackling the issue of the Special Tribunal for Leb, Aoun said: "Since 2005 up till now, we've been living in the shadow of the tribunal and trials, and it (STL) aims to cripple the country ... we can't live according to the tribunal's mood." Furthermore, Aoun announced that he will boycott Thursday's national dialogue session "if the false witnesses issue was not settled" during Wednesday's cabinet session On the other hand, he hoped Tuesday's meeting of the ambassadors of Soddy Arabia, Syria and Iran on Tuesday would yield "positive results." Aoun condemned Sunday's Storied Baghdad church attack and held "the U.S. tutelage authority responsible for what has happened in Iraq" so far. Earlier Tuesday, Aoun said ex-PM Rafik Hariri "is not responsible for the ongoing wrongdoing, but rather those who had succeeded him in power." "The country is living in financial chaos," he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |