to Liberate any occupied territories using any available means
Mitri said the draft will be submitted today to the government in accordance with the constitution. The government will then debates the draft , adopts it and decides to go to the parliament for the vote of confidence.
According to speaker Berri's sources , he plans to hold an open session starting Friday and may continue till Monday to debate the Ministerial Policy Statement before the vote of confidence. The sessions will be broadcast live on national TV
Saturday
20:36 Arab League chief Amr Moussa told al Mustaqbal TV: The Arab League supports the Lebanese reconciliation and will be present at the dialogue talks
20:24 al Mustaqbal TV: President Assad's military adviser Mohammad Suleiman was found dead at a hotel in Tartous
20:11 Minister Shatah told al Mustaqbal TV: The state regulates the resistance and liberates and defends the land according to UNSCR 1701
19:03 Unexploded bomb was found inside a residential building in Syria Street in Tripoli and the Lebanese army is trying to defuse it . This street lies between Jabal Mohsin and Bab el Tabbanah the scene of a lot of violence for the past month
18:00 A Lebanese citizen Ahmad el Souda returned home today , a week after he disappeared.
Souda told NNA that he was kidnapped by gunmen disguised in army uniform in the Somali district of Beirut , they blindfolded him and led him into a dark room and tortured him by beating him up and burning him in various parts of his body using cigarette butts . They returned him in a four wheel car , dropped him off and sped up .
MP Hashem Alam Eddine came to see Souda to protest against this attack and said the MPS of the area will not rest until they find out and prosecute the criminals behind this attack. Also was there to complain was the al Mustaqbal coordinator in Almaniyeh province , zinyeh and the head of mayors of Almaniyeh
16:19 Hariri met a delegation of the Barbour traders headed by Rachid Kebbi who came to discuss the situation and their needs
16:13 Jumblatt received several delegations at his home in Mukhtara and received invitations to sponsor Kfranabrakh festivals and a church event in Fawwara , in the Shouf region of Mount Lebanon
15:41 Siniora received Minister Bahia Hariri to discuss the situation in general and specifically the cultural issues
14:13 Egyptian electricity minister will meet PM siniora Monday and together will be visiting the Jiyeh power plant
13:30 Minister Gibran Bassil and his Palestinian counterpart will inaugurate the direct phone link between our 2 countries
13:15 Patriarch Sfeir chaired a "thanks" prayer ceremony to commemorate the honoring of father Estephan Doueihi
13:10 Minister Shams Eddine : The ministerial policy statement is very positive and from now on there will not be opposition and loyal groups because all the groups are represented in this government of national unity
12:30 FPM MP Kanaan: The FPM contributed to every word in the ministerial policy statement and introduced many issues that we believe in
11:45, President Suleiman disclosed his personal financial status to the Constitutional Council in accordance with the law of illicit enrichment
11:09 Hezbolla MP Hassan Fadlallah told LBC: The ministerial policy statement defined the policies of the new government with regards to the state and institutions and confirmed the right of Lebanon ( People, army and resistance ) to defend and liberate the territories against any Israeli aggression or occupation. This represents a major achievement for all the Lebanese and the Strategic Defense was part of the debate ( by the ministerial committee ) and will be continued during the national dialogue talks which will be chaired by president Suleiman and we will be open for any discussions
10:50 Ahmad Habous told LBC: the current development led to the drafting of the ministerial policy statement to satisfy all concerned . There is no winner and loser in this
10:41 FPM MP Nabil Nicola : . The ministerial policy statement defined the policies of the new government. There are domestic and external interests in eliminating the resistance altogether , but the resistance is a strong card in our hands and we should not give it up for any reason . Once the state becomes able to protect and defend us and after the territories are liberated then there will be no more need for the resistance . According to observers Nicola who is an ally of Hezbollah did not elaborate how the resistance is defending the Lebanese people and did not mention the use of the Hezbollah arms against the Lebanese people in Beirut, the mountains , Beqaa and Tripoli
09.01 Hamadeh told Voice of Lebanon: This government is not the government of miracles but the government of the possible . Its role will be to facilitate the upcoming elections .
The position of March 14 alliance will not change when it comes to choosing between a strong state and a state with several mini states within the state and between legitimate and illegitimate arms
08:08 Al Sharq al Awsat : The Lebanese Forces may vote against the ministerial policy statement in the vote of confidence session of the parliament
07:50 BanKi-Moon told al Hayat : "You should never question my commitment to the Special International Tribunal for Lebanon . You can be sure we will try the killers and this is my promise to you "
07:29 Al Akhbar - MP Marwan Fares urged Jumblatt to return to his historic place " to the school of Kamal Jumblatt , instead of the school of Samir Geagea and Saad Hariri ". Fares , a key member of SSNP party which is allied with the Iranian and Syrian backed Hezbollah led-opposition
07:16 Minister Marouni told al Akhbar : The tourism port of Jounieh will be ready for operations in about a month
06:53 Al Akhbar : Israel is in a state of hallucinations after the prisoner exchange with Hezbollah. Its main concern now in the new arms imbalance ( in air superiority) after Hezbollah acquired anti aircraft missiles that could be directed against the Israeli planes that violate the Lebanese airspace
06:44 Al Akhbar : Several contacts were made last night to coordinate the trip of president Suleiman to Damascus accompanied by a ministerial delegation at the invitation of Syrian counterpart Bashar al Assad
06:22 As Safir : Visitors to Speaker Berri are being told that " Lebanon has entered a new political stage" and urged everyone not to miss this new opportunity for their country
06:03 The parliament will meet next Friday and the vote of confidence could be secured the Monday that follows
06:00 As Safir : The Lebanese Syrian summit could be held next Tuesday or Wednesday after the cabinet would have adopted the ministerial policy statement that the ministerial committee will present today
05:47 Minister Wael Abou Faour : The winner ( In the final draft of the ministerial policy statement) is the logic of the state and its institutions
05:25 PM Siniora's sources: The experience of the ministerial committee has encountered during its efforts to draft the ministerial policy statement was civilized and above board
Friday
22:10 Fireworks in Amsheet in celebrations of the national army day
21:51 Defense Minister Elias Murr praised president Suleiman for his victory against terrorism , ending the string of violence and working hard to move the country forward during the celebrations of the army day in Amsheet , hometown of the president
21:18 Gibran Bassil : There are issues that deserve mention by the cabinet such as the issue of Lebanese refugees in Israel and their wish to return home, tthe issue of the missing Lebanese in Syria and the issue of splitting in half the key government positions
21:16 Nassib Lahoud - My main concern was to insure the role of the state in whatever happens in Lebanon and if we were able to add to the clause on the resistance the responsibility of the state then then approval would have been unanimous
21:15 Minister Tarek Mitri : Finally and after a lot of hard work the ministerial committee reached an agreement over the draft of the ministerial policy statement , which will be submitted tomorrow to the cabinet and the cabinet will discuss approve and adopt during the next meeting
21:14 The ministerial committee reaches an agreement over the draft of the ministerial policy statement , but Minister Lahoud registered his reservations
20:44 former president amin Gemayel returned from his trip to Libya and Tunis
20:37 MP Hariri discussed the general situation with MPs Andraous and Kabbara
20:15 OTV : The ministerial policy statement will be approved and adopted by the cabinet on Monday
15: 25 Former Tourism Minister Joe Sarkis : The Lebanese have a choice : Either an independent, sovereign , free and stable nation or a state within a state , destabilization, misery and massive emigration. he is alluding to the Iranian and Syrian backed Hezbollah group which has been acting as a state within a state, and caused destabilization by the war in 2006 with Israel and tried hard to overthrow the government , which led to massive emigration of Lebanese
15:01 LBC TV: Ministerial sources have revealed that the draft of the clause dealing with the resistance has been finalized and reads as follows: Lebanon, its people, its army and its resistance have the right to complete the liberation of all its territories using whatever methods necessary and available to them. This clause was based on a statement issued by the prime minister's office 2 days ago and which stressed Lebanon's right to liberate its territories using whatever means available and necessary
14:0 Siniora : No one denies the role of the resistance , on the other hand no one wants the resistance to monopolized by one party in Lebanon. The Lebanese have discovered that the state should be in charge
Tags: Government, Hezbollah, March 14 Alliance, Prisoners, source: Now Lebanon, source: Ya Libnan, Syria
