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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Lebanon MP: 'No constitutional amendment & no military rule'

2007-08-27

Lebanese MP and publisher of Al Nahar Ghassan Tueni rejected Saturday any constitutional amendment to elect a new president saying a vacuum in the president's office could produce a 'new rule.' Tueni, in a lengthy dialogue with Voice of Lebanon Radio, also said he was against convening a Parliamentary session to elect a new head of state with less than a two-third quorum.

Syria, according to Tueni, is "determined to prevent" the international tribunal from condemning it in the 2005 assassination of ex-premier Rafik Hariri and related crimes. He expected more assassinations and bombings in Lebanon, stressing that "Syria cannot remain a trouble-distributing pit No state managed to proceed with this role."

Tueni said religious leaders cannot rule Lebanon, stressing that "I do not welcome a military" person in the president's office. "The history of military rule in the Arab World is not encouraging," Tueni noted.

He's got a point ....

The escalation of verbal campaigns reflects a desire to "bargain with the aim of reaching a compromise," Tueni said. The Lebanese "are not stupid and will not commit suicide," he said in answering a question as to whether civil war was possible.

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