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Aoun warns of ‘explosion’ over govt. conduct

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aoun angryFree Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun warned Thursday of   “explosive” measures against Cabinet for passing a “non-consensual” agenda item,   describing its action   as a “coup against the Constitution.”

“It’s about time we frankly tell people about what’s really happening in Lebanon. The behavior of some ministers and MPs is subjecting the country to dangers,” said Aoun during  a press conference he held after an extraordinary meeting for his Change and Reform bloc.

“They have staged a coup against the Constitution and ridiculed the people through extending the parliament’s term,” he added.

Aoun held his press conference only hours after the cabinet held a stormy session that witnessed arguments among ministers on several controversial issues. The cabinet sessions had been suspended for more than three weeks over a dispute over the appointment of top security and military chiefs.

The FPM leader has been lobbying for political consensus on the appointment of  his son-in-law Commando Regiment chief Brig. Gen. Chamel Roukoz, as army chief as part of a package for the appointment of other top security officers.

“One violation after another were committed when we reached the juncture of the armed forces appointments. The government argued that it is ‘resigned’ to refrain from making the appointments and this is an illegal excuse,” Aoun noted on Thursday.

He said the “bad intentions” were revealed through “their attempt to attract the army commander to their side in a coup against legitimacy.”

“The issue was not limited to the army, as the interior ministry also extended the term of the Internal Security Forces chief,” he lamented.

The extended term of Army Commander General Jean Kahwaji expires at the end of September. Aoun has warned against another extension of the military chief’s tenure.

“The Change and Reform bloc is the biggest Christian bloc in parliament and our keenness on the country does not allow us to stand idly by,” said Aoun.

“They are pushing us towards an explosion and let everyone understand that we do not fear that,” he cautioned.

Aoun went on to accuse certain political parties of “encroaching on” the rights of Christians.

“Would a prime minister be named without Sunni consent? Would a parliament speaker be elected without Shiite consent?” he asked.

Aoun also underlined that “the entire cabinet should assume the powers of the president, not a single minister.”

“The government disregarded the president’s powers and failed to respect the law and the Constitution. It has toppled the National Pact and started acting as a ‘coup government’ or a central party committee,” Aoun decried.

He pointed out that the government’s behavior indicates that it is “not aware of the threats” that the country is facing.

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7 responses to “Aoun warns of ‘explosion’ over govt. conduct”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Ohhhh …. we are sure ‘The People’ know the threats on them EVERY DAY ….
    So … have a ‘REFERENDUM OF CHRISTIANS’ to see what hey are ‘KEEN’ on …IN the country.
    “the entire cabinet should assume the powers of the president” …. and that is what they SHOULD ALL be doing including trying to run the damn place … but WHAT FATHEADS ARE NOT ATTENDING ?????
    Parliament – especially with people like Abu Faour – STRUGGLES to keep something working … while the ‘Cabinet Pack’ is only half there, and every week on TV someone insignificant whines and cries … boohoo .. I want another General and I want to be King and Hezzy doesn’t like the Rational Geagea and … oh wait … let’s blame Israel because we didn’t drill for oil 20 years ago on the Beirut Beach, at least, if not half a mile off-shore. Or TEN.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    PIANO A Concept.®

    There is a song written .. quite popular … It IS a ‘CONCEPT’.
    ….. (before ANY dolt asks for ‘proofs’, I find early references of the concept…)
    “Ebony and Ivory” is a 1982 number-one single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Written by McCartney alone, the song was performed live in the studio by both McCartney and Wonder.
    The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say “black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony, folks!”.
    The figurative image is much older. It was popularised by James Aggrey in the 1920s, inspiring the title of the pan-African journal ‘The Keys’, but was in use from at least the 1840s.
    “The Keys was the quarterly journal of the League of Coloured Peoples founded in 1933. It took its title from James Aggrey’s parable which used the black and white keys of the piano as an image of racial harmony.”
    James Emman Kwegyir Aggrey (October 18, 1875 – July 30, 1927) was an intellectual, missionary, and teacher. He was a native of the Gold Coast (modern Ghana) who later emigrated to the United States, but returned to Africa for several years. In Ghana he delivered a lecture that persuaded Governor Guggisberg that Achimota College should be co-educational: He was the first vice Principal of Achimota College.
    His Concepts AT that time in Human History …. (Pre-Boku-Dorkos)
    “The surest way to keep people down is to educate the men and neglect the women. If you educate a man you simply educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a whole nation”.
    In South Africa he delivered a lecture which used the keys of the piano as an image of racial harmony:
    “I don’t care what you know; show me what you can do. Many of my people who get educated don’t work, but take to drink. They see white people drink, so they think they must drink too. They imitate the weakness of the white people, but not their greatness. They won’t imitate a white man working hard … If you play only the white notes on a piano you get only sharps; if only the black keys you get flats; but if you play the two together you get harmony and beautiful music.”

    Without diving into the history of the instrument and it’s precursors here, those simple concepts sound rather harmonious for the ‘Societies Of Peoples’ to work toward.
    AND YET, anyone familiar with a piano knows that the piano player – who we named The Artist – HAS choices to make. Indeed, if the right keys are played together, we have Harmony acceptable and pleasant to the ear of the human. BUT there are keys which can, in the compositional sense, be played together, and yet create something we named as ‘Discords’.
    Discords can be useful in a composition, to exact a certain ‘feeling’ perhaps desired by the composer, suiting his own mood and purpose in the writing. But there are few who would desire to listen to discordant ‘melody’ all the time, because it certainly wouldn’t ’feel’ Melodious. And Therefore, the concept used to escape those perhaps poignant moments of melody is called ‘Resolution’. The Chord is Resolved. Which can bring a feeling of needed completeness to the listener … who has probably been waiting and wanting to hear it … indeed, expects it.
    Some composers like to ‘experiment’ with a concept. Some have left slight discords hanging at the end … it can make the listener feel as if being hung out to dry in a wind. :-))
    (eg. the Beatles ‘because’ )
    Yet the wise composer – also wishing to actually make a bit of a living at it – will resolve eventually, or not make all compositions the same.
    IF there are nothing but discordant notes … and two compositions of that type were played against each other on either side of a park, no-one in the middle of the park would enjoy the Cacophony of sound. If there were real harmony from one side, the mass would gravitate toward it, but two in competition simply drives the crowd away, and a park empties.

    Assume the world is the park.
    Assume 2 Muslim Orchestras (I know, I know .. no music allowed.. but assume, ok?)
    Assume they play against each other, and only with discordant compositions, which each are COMPELLED to play by poor composers.
    Add crashing cymbals on occasion; out of sync with Kettle-drums which are out of tune.
    The parts of the park which can’t empty fast enough begin to go crazy – the ones who escape are, however, seeking either peace, or harmony.
    IN the park, there is only Discord.
    And there IS no Resolution …. it all hangs in the howling winds.

    The words of a subtle concept by James Aggrey, which SHOULD carry a fair weight in their thoughtfulness, simply fall on deafened ears.

    1. O Avatar
      O

      you must have no life

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Just you folks, sweetie … sad, eh? 😉

  3. Tk Avatar
    Tk

    Your bark Aoun is bigger than your bite

  4. Patience2 Avatar
    Patience2

    Seems every time he opens his mouth it’s to make trouble.

    1. O Avatar
      O

      Just like every time you bark

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