Gemayel, Aoun Agree on Importance of Holding Presidential Vote by May 25
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Kataeb party leader Amin Gemayel and Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun agreed Wednesday on the importance of holding the presidential elections by May 25.
Following talks with Aoun at his residence in Rabieh, Gemayel said: “We agreed on the importance of exerting all efforts to hold the polls as soon as possible.”
Gemayel called for preserving the institutions by holding the elections.
“We want a president capable” of doing so, he told reporters. The president “should comfort all the Lebanese.”
The former head of state and a member of the March 14 camp described the presidency as “the symbol of the nation.”
He also said that all politicians had good intentions to facilitate the voting process.
Aoun spoke after Gemayel, saying: “We insist that the elections be held in the coming weeks and before May 24.”
Gemayel met with Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea, the March 14 alliance's only candidate for the country's top Christian post.
His visit with top officials comes as part of an initiative he launched to avoid vacuum at Baabda Palace after parliament failed to elect a new head of state over differences between the March 8 and 14 alliances.
Labor Minister Sejaan Qazzi said Gemayel has suspended his candidacy for the presidency pending the result of parliamentary sessions to elect a new head of state.
Qazzi, who is a Kataeb official, said that Gemayel's meetings with top officials fall in line with his decision to urge rival parties to overcome their differences and elect a new president before the expiry of Michel Suleiman's six-year term.
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M.T.
07 May 2014, 12:51
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Tot ou tard, we will have a president, but what should be avoided is the now chronic procrastination and the wasting of time. Lebanon is about to enter another Summer tourist season, till now things are shaping up relatively safely one could say. The country desperately needs to work and create income, our greedy Syrian refugees are gobbling up our jobs and businesses, the income from a good Summer season will alleviate a lot of pressing problems, so for once, let everyone start thinking of Lebanon instead of their selfish political agendas.
07 May 2014, 23:22
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Vous avez semble-t-il une gtande expérience dans ce domaine. Etes-vous passé par là. Soyez gentil décrivez donc ce qui vous est arrivé. Est-ce que tous ceux qui subissent ce traitement deviennent des cons ?
07 May 2014, 14:01
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FT, which is why we keep saying the same thing, No Aoun, no Geagea, both are expired products, both are bent on repeating the same things they committed years ago, thus both should now be out of the equation. Let's have new people, who are a lot more attuned to our new realities, bringing the old furniture back is tantamount to accepting that the failure resides with us the people.
07 May 2014, 14:25
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Looking at this man's picture can only recall the horrid years 1982-1988.
The worst presidency in Lebanon's history. Instead of dying of shame in some corner, he's everywhere.. oh wait a sec. the other choice is a butcher! aren't we all proud to be Lebanese or what?? The only way out is a president directly elected by the people every 6 years!! Not corrupt M.P. deciding on our behalf. If direct elections are not possible, I suggest we abolish this post all together.
07 May 2014, 15:39
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Thank you Maze,, you said it perfectly. I am looking at this picture, and this is what I see: A failed presidency, and a failed Interim Priministership coupled with a failed Army Commander in Chief. If anyone of these two, or Geagea takes this seat, then we cannot blame them but us, the people for forgettting what wrongs all these did to us all.
07 May 2014, 15:11
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amazingly no one dares mention hizb for the presidential elections
cowards only attack aoun not hizb
let the mustaqbal make a deal with HIZB and put aside aoun if they can
in this way they bypass aoun like in hilf el rouba3i
but I hope people forgot who betrayed who in hilf el rouba3i and who turned their back on the Christian majority
07 May 2014, 15:21
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Taef is the problem amend it so political life can get back on its tracks
07 May 2014, 15:38
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That was that one time when the FPM actually abided by the constitution instead of failing to comply with their duties.
In fact, if they boycott parliament once more, they should be irradiated as MPs and replaced.
07 May 2014, 15:51
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Right, Aoun and Geagea both will not be elected, and we will have another Suleiman like consensus candidate. These nominations are all politics right now.
07 May 2014, 16:03
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Why don't Geagea and Gemayel offer Aoun this: Your son-in-law Army chief, GeaGea president this time, Roukouz president next, one Gemayel after that. That should be the message to all of Iranian and Syrian puppets as well as a message to the entire world that we, Lebanese, who invented the alphabet and taught the world law and freedom, know how to do this! All of these men, in their own way, made sacrifices so Lebanon is truly FREE!!
07 May 2014, 17:01
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Still I do not understand why we call this an election... It's simply a nomination
07 May 2014, 19:43
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Often deals as based on win win situation,looking at above faces it seems we have to make a deal between loss or more loss...ironic and sad isn't it.........?
07 May 2014, 21:16
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Yes, but what they do not agree on is that Gemayel wants to be elected on May 25 and Aoun wants to be elected on May 25. They are still on different planets.
Much more of this and the rest of the Lebanese will wonder why they have allowed the presidency of the country to be held hostage to the Maronites.
08 May 2014, 00:11
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To M14, forget voting for GeaGea, why not vote for Ramzi Irani, Joseph Sader, Samer Hanna, Father Albert Shirfan, Father Souleiman Abi Khalil and all the Lebanese Army martyrs of Oct 13 when Aoun fled to the French Embassy!!
