Mikati: We need a president who has a “vision for Lebanon”

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mikati def 2Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati commented on the upcoming presidential elections in Lebanon by stressing that the country needs a president with “vision for lebanon” and that he will exercise his parliamentary role . He called on all MPs to attend the parliamentary sessions.

“We need a president who has a vision for Lebanon.” He told Al-Mayadeen on Friday.

President Michel Suleiman decided against any extensions to his term which will end in May.

Commenting on the war next door and Hezbollah role in assisting the Assad regime against the rebels he said that he opposed the intervention of any party in the Syrian conflict.

“I opposed the intervention of any Lebanese party in Syria. Lebanon disassociated itself from the Syrian situation but the Syrian crisis did not disassociate itself from Lebanon,” Mikati told the pro Hezbollah and Syrian regime station.

Thousands of Shiite Hezbollah fighters are helping the forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar al Assad against the mostly Sunni rebels who are trying to topple the 40 year old dictatorship of the Assad clan.

Unfortunately for the country ever since Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah decided to help the Syrian regime , Al Qaeda linked groups have become increasingly active in Lebanon. Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut and the Beqaa witnessed several suicide bombings within the last few months resulting in scores of deaths and injuries

Commenting on the situation in Tripoli, Mikati accused the media exaggerating some issues while ignoring other issues :

“The media is only highlighting certain cases and exaggerating them.”

“The [conflict] in the city is a historical issue,” he stressed, adding that “what is happening in Syria is having repercussions in Tripoli ”

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22 responses to “Mikati: We need a president who has a “vision for Lebanon””

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar

    BUT WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF VISION !!!!

    1. we want a president first….

    2. we want a president first….

  2. nagy_michael2 Avatar
    nagy_michael2

    But we have Nassrallah who is close to Ayotollah who is close to Allah..

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar

      Almost the ‘Trinity’? 😉

      1. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
        Maborlz Ez-Hari

        Nottttttttt.

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar

          (hehehehehehe …)

      2. Patience2 Avatar

        The ‘trinity’ used in today’s Catholicism was invented by the Catholics, it’s not really in the Bible(the oldest Bible writings, not their many-times edited version). See Nicaea, or maybe Constantinople around 360 AD. It’d been sneaking around ever since Old Egypt … see Paut Neteru, etc. Almost all old cultures had some kind of trinity with their gods, the Catholics just didn’t want to be left out.

        1. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
          Maborlz Ez-Hari

          Patience, all I can say is “estifil”.

  3. Your vision of lebanon is discredited.

  4. Your vision of lebanon is discredited.

  5. Josebaca Avatar

    The current president is an idiot? señor Mikati – and you are a smart guy? interesting!

  6. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
    Maborlz Ez-Hari

    No no no no no, we need a president in the mould of Hugo Chavez.

    1. MekensehParty Avatar
      MekensehParty

      salla allahou 3aleihi wa sallam

      1. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
        Maborlz Ez-Hari

        Huh???

  7. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    Here’s a clear vision for Lebanon: scratch that failed country, empty it from all its people and turn it into a private nudist beach.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar

      YES. :-))))

  8. Patience2 Avatar

    It’s odd … nobody’s mentioned Aoun!! You’d think he’d have mentioned himself. Or, maybe, he doesn’t really WANT to be President?

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar

      I have been keeping Libnan1 thinking very slowly ….

      1. Patience2 Avatar

        Are you thinking of putting him forward for the position?

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar

          Maybe when he’s more ‘fixed’ in a position. :-)))

      2. GrapeLeaves Avatar
        GrapeLeaves

        He looks like Putin. Must be missing a ball, oh no I meant Olympic ring

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