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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| Lebanon without a president |
| 2014-05-25 |
| [The Peninsula] Outgoing Lebanese President Michel Suleiman ...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too... yesterday said that dialogue was the only way to overcome deep divisions in the country. Suleiman made his remarks during his farewell speech hours before his six-year term ended and two days after parliament failed for the fifth time to choose a successor. With his departure, Leb enters a presidential vacancy with no clear sign when it will end. Suleiman's powers will pass to Prime Minister Tammam Salam's government. Suleiman reiterated his call for the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah to pull its fighters out of Syria to preserve national unity. "(Preserving) our national unity is the priority and forces us not to interfere in the issues of the neighbour no matter how dear the neighbour is," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 we have one that we are not using. |
| Posted by: irishrageboy 2014-05-25 16:21 |
| #3 Ed - the Lebanese Presidential Office is traditionally held by a Christian. Obama wouldn't be acceptable |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-05-25 11:38 |
| #2 We could send them ours... |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-05-25 09:11 |
| #1 that dialogue was the only way to overcome deep divisions in the country Yes....No...Yes....No...Yes....No...Yes....No...Yes....No...Yes....No...Yes....No...Yes....No...Yes....No...Yes....No... Okay, are those divisions overcome? When there is no agreement on basic ethics/values/philosophy dialogue is worthless. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-05-25 08:45 |