Report: Aoun Hints Riyadh is Impeding his Election as President, Says Assad Should Win Nobel Prize

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Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun asserted that he is the sole strong presidential candidate that should be voted as head of state, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Saturday.

He also added that only “foreign powers” are impeding his election, which al-Joumhouria said he was hinting at Saudi Arabia.

The lawmaker made his remarks during a meeting a few days ago with a delegation of Maronite institutions.

Trusted sources that took part in the meeting added that Aoun stated that discussions between the FPM and the Mustaqbal Movement over the presidential elections will continue.

The talks between the two sides focused on the parliamentary electoral law, cabinet issues, and an alternative presidential candidate if it is not going to be Aoun.

An agreement to cooperate over government affairs was reached, while talks on the other two issues will require further contacts, revealed the sources.

Regarding the government, Aoun said that Foreign Minister and FPM official Jebran Bassil “will place restrictions” on Prime Minister Tammam Salam, while the Change and Reform bloc MPs “will place restrictions” on Speaker Nabih Berri.

He did not elaborate on his meaning.

Moreover, Aoun accused “the bloc that nominated Democratic Gathering MP Henri Helou for president of obstructing presidential elections sessions.”

The source did not disclose further details.

Addressing regional developments, the source quoted Aoun as saying that Syrian President Bashar Assad deserves a Nobel prize for combating terrorism.

He added that he supports Assad “because he opposes his alternative.”

The Maronite institutions later denied the al-Joumhouria report, saying that their side talks with Aoun “did not address any political figures or sectarian equations.”

Five presidential election sessions were held, but parliament has so far failed to elect a new head of state.

Four of the sessions were not staged due to a lack of quorum caused by a boycott of March 8 lawmakers, mainly those Hizbullah and Aoun's Change and Reform bloc, over the ongoing dispute with the March 14 alliance on a presidential candidate.

The next session is scheduled for June 9.

President Michel Suleiman's term ended on May 25, plunging Lebanon in presidential vacuum.

Aoun has not nominated himself to the presidency.

Helou and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea are the only candidates who have submitted their nominations.

Comments 55
Thumb ex-fpm 31 May 2014, 08:46

History will not be kind to this failed being. His comments are a disgrace to humanity, dignity, and morals. Even worse is his statement that he supports Assad “because he opposes his alternative.”

Default-user-icon Mancunian (Guest) 31 May 2014, 08:54

The source quoted Aoun as saying that "Syrian President Bashar Assad deserves a Nobel prize for combating terrorism."

The Ramblings of a madman....

Missing servant-of-jesus 31 May 2014, 09:23

I think people do not understand sarcasm in this country...

Missing servant-of-jesus 31 May 2014, 09:26

please read and think and understand what I was saying. You might have understood the opposite of my statement.

Thumb ado.australia 31 May 2014, 11:27

Your not understanding what part of your comment is objectionable to many on this site... Can't mention Israel unfavourably without thumbs down. Plus sarcasm is not easily translated.

Thumb galaxy 31 May 2014, 11:48

so now you try to divert the conversation towards Israel coz you have no arguments hmmmm!

Thumb ado.australia 31 May 2014, 12:40

I also made mention of sarcasm in translation. What exactly would you like me to argue? Have I hit a nerve? You wouldn't be one of those trusted sources that work for al-Joumhouria, object to comments against Israel and uses a translator to read comments, are you? Could I have stumbled onto a trifector ?

Thumb general_puppet 31 May 2014, 09:30

"he is the sole strong presidential candidate... “foreign powers” are impeding his election... Bassil “will place restrictions” on Prime Minister Tammam Salam, while the Change and Reform bloc MPs “will place restrictions” on Speaker Nabih Berri"

Popeye the General of General's has spoken!!!!!!!!!!

Thumb popeye 31 May 2014, 09:53

g_p; I wonder what the families of the missing lebanese in Syria feel right now, the families of all those lebanese killed and tortured by Asad, the families of Hariri, tueni, chatah, Jemayel (and all others). If this is the caliber of a man who aspires to be president of my country, then I prefer not to have a president.

Thumb general_puppet 31 May 2014, 10:11

Popeye this creature truly has no shame, he will say and do anything for his perverse Presidential ambition. It is a slap in the face to Lebanon after all the Assad's have done and are still doing.

Missing forces 31 May 2014, 11:12

I did want to comment on this but I couldn't help myself. Lol. He does such a grand job of putting his foot in his mouth every time he talks. Silence at the moment is your best friend mr aoun.

Thumb ado.australia 31 May 2014, 11:33

Forces... Your right. But did u hear him or read a direct quote of him saying anything? It's always "trusted sources" reported by al-Joumhouria, and then they analysed the unidentified sources interpretation of what someone told them that Aoun said in a private meeting.

Though it's always entertaining... No wonder women buy all those celebrity gossip magazines.

Thumb galaxy 31 May 2014, 11:46

hehehe @ ado of australia. Yet, when your nasrallah says the president wanted to extend his own term you came on here, saluted and agreed with him. Did you hear the president say he wanted to extend his own term. Spare us your hypocritical defense of what is un-defensable!

Thumb hanibaal 31 May 2014, 15:32

Give him time. He will nominate Himself for the Nobel Prize.

Thumb general_puppet 31 May 2014, 09:36

Jerry the Whining old Hags, will soon be here to defend their Lunatic idol and complain about the mods, votes, deletions, expulsions and Naharnet :-))))

Thumb scorpyonn 31 May 2014, 09:43

This idiot os off his rocker. I think early senility has set in.

Missing people-power 31 May 2014, 09:46

This man has completely lost touch with reality.

I'm sure Mr Bore is in the process of changing his screen name, since everything he has predicted in the last month is completely wrong, not even close.

The next time you see someone with a new screen name jerking off Taqiya-Thrower, you'll know it's the new alias for Mr Bore.

Thumb general_puppet 31 May 2014, 10:21

Mr Snore has retreated to his wine cellar for the Australian weekend.... he will be back at his post on Sunday, with the immortal words.... NEXT... NEXT... NEXT :-))))

Missing people-power 31 May 2014, 10:41

True, and we all know his "wine cellar" is code words for his parents basement :)

Thumb sevilla 31 May 2014, 10:50

he is a spinster

Thumb sevilla 31 May 2014, 09:56

He is not even fit to be admitted to a mental institution. Hopeless beyond repair

Thumb general_puppet 31 May 2014, 10:01

"Syrian regime will leave behind many of its instruments of terror and destruction as well as its paramilitary/intelligence apparatus... There are about 11 organizations of terrorism in Damascus... complete disarmament of all armed elements. Only the legitimate armed forces of Lebanon can be entrusted with providing security to the Lebanese people... Hezbollah is not a separate entity from Syria. It is under the Syrian operational control... Hezbollah is a terrorist group" .....Aoun, before the Memorandum of Understanding.

Default-user-icon Ze_gabster (Guest) 31 May 2014, 10:21

Nobel prize for war crimes against humanity . Pity this madman and doubly pity his followers .

Default-user-icon Hanoun (Guest) 31 May 2014, 10:45

popupar vote for presidency will stop outside interferences and sterile political internal debates
(do some people who imped our elections have elections themselves ?
god bless democracy

Missing forces 31 May 2014, 11:16

It never ceases to amaze me the arrogance and short sightedness of the clown. Instead of trying to unite the Christians by talking to Geagea Gemayel Harb and co. He seeks to further undermine us by attempting to negotiate with everyone but. 3ayb 3alak mr aoun you have become the laughing stick of lebanon and the international community.

Missing maroun 31 May 2014, 11:33

this demented traitor wants to be our president.good help Lebanon if he ever succeed.

Missing peace 31 May 2014, 11:39

"Syrian President Bashar Assad deserves a Nobel prize for combating terrorism."

what a crazy man he has become... after spending decades saying syria was the main sponsor of terrorism in the region and that the assad regime should be eradicated, look now what 180° spin he does... only opportunists behave like that... poor man, what a pity.

Missing maroun 31 May 2014, 11:51

he wants to give Bashar a nobel prize for slaughtering his men when he deserted them and ran to the french embassy.it is beyond comprehension how any patriotic Lebanese would support him.

Thumb mouallek 31 May 2014, 12:17

This is what AOUN will say at his next news conference:

Malheur et désespoir ! Enfer et damnation !
Dois-je subir, hélas, l’infâme humiliation ?
J’avais pourtant cru à tes belles promesses
Et je récolte aujourd’hui le fruit de ta bassesse.
Tu m’as abandonné, toi, Hassan mon soutien,
Et je me retrouve seul, isolé et sans liens !
J’avais pourtant donné ma caution sans limite
à ton gouvernement et au pouvoir chiite !
Qu’arrivera-t-il donc au virulent Bacille ?

Thumb mouallek 31 May 2014, 12:18

Adieu opulence et rêves imbéciles !
Que dirai-je à Chantal, à mes petits enfants ?
Moi… ! Moi qui me voyais Président Triomphant !
Adieu gaz, pétrole et électricité,
Commissions, ristournes et illicéités.
Mes partisans me quittent et leurs consorts m’évitent,
Jamais déchéance n’est survenue si vite.
Et la sénilité qui me prend de vitesse,
Pèse sur mes épaules, augmente ma détresse,
Rend insupportable le fait de paraitre,
Accablé que je suis par un si lourd mal-être.
Mieux vaudrait me cacher à l’abri d’un linceul,
Qu’avoir à assumer la déroute tout seul ?

Thumb kris 31 May 2014, 13:44

Mouallek, Bravo pour votre eloquence poetique... Trop drole et vrai :)

Default-user-icon Disgusted (Guest) 31 May 2014, 13:01

a man...? a poor reason for a human being is more like it...

Missing thatisit 31 May 2014, 13:15

aoun is the coolest when he says stupid things- usually most of the times. keep it up jiddou

Thumb cedre 31 May 2014, 13:52

servant, did sharon bomb his own people ?

Thumb -phoenix1 31 May 2014, 13:53

Whenever people term Aoun as a madman, honestly there's no exaggeration of any kind. The man pretends that he isn't interested in the presidential seat, yet will certainly sell his own mom for it. One look at the way he is slamming the KSA is ample proof of this lunatic Quixotic mind. Then to suggest that Bashar Al Assad deserves the Nobel Peace is tantamount to saying Adolph Hitler or Idi Amin should be canonized. With every new statement that Aoun props up, I can only be thankful that he will never be my country's president. If for anything, our international friends should funds his permanent retreat to Deyr El Salib. But the fear remains that its established patients may well have to leave in disgust.

Thumb kris 31 May 2014, 14:04

Evaluation?!! his craziness is certified...... we shld call the men in white to put him back in a stray jacket....

Thumb beiruti 31 May 2014, 14:55

Haram, old people like this, I have an uncle who is this way, need to be in the care of a 24 hour nurse, not active any longer in affecting the lives of other people.

Please can his family even get him some help.

Thumb dust 31 May 2014, 14:55

Coucou Coucou Coucou!!!

Thumb -phoenix1 31 May 2014, 15:22

Karim really are you serious, I mean you're talking of Aoun as a patriot? Maybe in your eyes he is as patriotic as Sayed Hassan since both men want to see Lebanon as anything but Lebanon. Of course Karim, pray for Aoun, for as long as he lives, he will be HA's facilitator in buying our lands, he will be your rubber stamper, he will be the one to help distort the brains of our citizens who would have otherwise remained sane people. One thing I know is the fact that the student at times excels over his teacher and the teacher who taught his teacher. Sure Karim, you guys at HA HQ should be proud of this Majnoun.

Thumb -phoenix1 31 May 2014, 15:28

(1). Karim, the object of a discussion is to be and to remain objective. I don't know if to laugh or get angry with comments of your like when Geagea is mentioned, automatically people like you engage into the words massacres and criminal. Please dear Karim, during the war, what was Geagea, President of the Republic or a militia chief? Then, those who wanted to exterminate the Christians where they any better than the leader who defended the Christians? Are people like Berri, Nasrallah, Jumblat, Arafat, Georges Habash, Hafez Al Assad, Aoun and all the leftist and mixed so-called Islamic communist progressive militias angels by any chance? Aren't they all as bad if not worse than Geagea? So what do people like you expect, that Geagea carries a rosary and pray for you guys?

Thumb -phoenix1 31 May 2014, 15:33

(2). To Karim on Geagea. Geagea was exactly the very reflection of the people he faced during the civil war era, just as today he is the very reflection of the political foes he faces today. Geagea also knew well that the Lebanese are by nature treacherous, so what did you expect of him, to be kind to his foes and the traitors that worked for his foes? People like you are rigidly bent of voicing accusations that do not stand any chance with people who want to shed light on the truth, if you want to accuse so randomly, yet praise-sing for people who are as soaked in blood as Geagea, if not tenfold more, then you will advance the intelligencia of people no further than the walls of OTV and Al Manar TV. This hypocrisy has to stop and stop now, there is no war leader that is free from blood, least of which those you keep praise-singing, eupht wloh 3aleyk ya Karim.

Thumb -phoenix1 31 May 2014, 15:35

Ouph Cedre, you hit that nail hard and right in the middle, touche.

Thumb beiruti 31 May 2014, 15:41

lebanonforever, this is a great idea. He is so delusional and in such an information bubble, he may just think that he really is president and that Deir Saleb is Baabda. He can have his wish and we can have our country back.

Now that's what I call thinking out of the box to catch a Jack-in-the-Box.

Thumb -phoenix1 31 May 2014, 15:45

(A). Karim, I have stopped being surprised by the M8 coalition that is rigidly held by the tight leash of HA. I know several M8 people who defected from your side and the things he now says of your side, wow! Masalan, that good person you guys wanted to bedevil and disfigure, President Suleiman who has now completed his mandate and went back to private life, do you want to know what your M8 people are saying of him now? That in his home town of Aamchit, Suleiman has 4 huge palaces, all from money bribes he was given, wow, wow, and wow!!

Thumb -phoenix1 31 May 2014, 15:46

(B). Karim. I went there and saw no palaces, but a modest man, a highly disciplined soldier who is more than relived to be back with his life. But the M8 remote controller was pressed, and this time it sent signals to its M8 adepts to sing another new song, paint another good man with all the wrong colors. In fact, there was once another good and honest man, Bachir Gemayel who hailed from one of Lebanon's richest families, yet died a humble man in a humble neighborhood of Ashrafieh. Wasn't Bachir Aoun's alter example? Then when the M8 yellow machine decided that Bachir's shadow was getting too long for Aoun, did they send that same yellow signal to downsize Bachir? karim, we are not all blind if you knew.

Thumb kris 31 May 2014, 15:55

Count me in ...

Thumb -phoenix1 31 May 2014, 15:58

(C). Karim. In 2005, when Rafic Al Hariri was brutally assassinated, tell me dear Karim about the statements that were coming from Hezbollah over this martyred person's name? Were they kind to him together with their other Lebanese stooges? Then when Aoun Al majnoun came back from exile in France then joined Hezbollah into what is known as the M8 alliance, did any of the M8 media have any kind words for martyred Hariri or to his son Saad that took over his old man? Did M8 show any respect to any of those M14 martyrs that M8 contributed to kill, yes, you read me well. Didn't your propaganda machine, be it OTV or Al Manar show one iota of respect to any M14 leader, especially to Saad?

Thumb -phoenix1 31 May 2014, 16:00

(D). Karim. Weren't you the M8 adepts going about it just echoing what your machines of distortion blasted over the air? Ah, then came the big U turn, when Aoun Al Majnoun started to talk to Saad Hariri, in one single click, every single M8 partisan changed his song, ah, Saad is a wise man,.... wlak shou oussetkoun ya jame3a? Just a few examples at how your brains are being manipulated, wlak law ma 3andi showayet i7tiram la elkoun, I would have called you people North Koreans, nothing more and nothing less, but I can see that all the M8 side is going towards that direction, ba3ad showaye la7 t2ouloulna, long live Putin, long live Kim Jung Un. 3ayb, ktirr heyk, ...tekhnet.

Thumb missorange 31 May 2014, 16:25

karim sweetie don't be so kind to Geagea he does not deserve it. The ones who massacred thousands of Christians were the Syrian regime and our beloved Syrian army, protectors of the Christians. Geagea massacred millions of Christians, it's trues OTV told me so. Although I they did not explain why we were his allies from 1995 to 2005 running in University and syndicate elections and protesting the beloved Syrian occupation and protectors of the Christians, side by side. Keep repeating the same things someone might actually believe it's true some day and give my love to your boyfriend he seems to have a day off today.

Thumb Machia 31 May 2014, 18:18

The problem is not this crazy old man and his rants but the people that voted for his party and that continue following him.
I am not talking about the Islamo Fascists Hezbollah or the Bashar worshipers but the hard working men and women, that have felt so disenfranchised over the years, that thought that by voting for this nut they will recover their rights as Lebanese citizens.
Our political system is rotten to the core and produces extremists and hate mongers like Michel Aoun, Islamo Fascism (Hezbollah) and Islamo Nazism (Al Qaeda, etc.)
Time to reform and divide this country.

Thumb Machia 31 May 2014, 19:34

You don't deserve the name you have chosen for yourself, I will call you ibn_Joumhouri_Islami _Irani or ibn_Bahar,
The problem is that your antisemitism is a symptom of your Islamo fascism and Bashar worship. Your hate for other people based on their religion or race is a psychological sickness that has been nurtured recently by the likes of Assad, Nasrallah and Bin Laden.
You are anti-Sunni anti-Christian and you will also demonize independent Shiites.
You are the product of a sick culture.

Thumb general_puppet 31 May 2014, 19:56

Mystic, were the un-armed demonstrators "foreign salafis from around the world"
Get back to work and make sure you spit on Assad's boots when you shine them.

Thumb general_puppet 31 May 2014, 20:01

When it comes to Aoun, It has nothing to do with stupidity and everything to do with insanity.

Thumb Machia 31 May 2014, 22:01

If Bashar deserves a nobel prize than Aoun deserves the Oscar for best supporting actress in a horror movie.

Thumb gebran_sons 01 June 2014, 02:40

Aoun is poison to the Christian community, freedom and democracy as Hizbollah is poison to the Shia community. They have bankrupted the country, instituted corruption, and resurrected Syrian hegemony. The damage they have caused Lebanon will take generations to fix. I don't believe in capital punishment, but I'll make an exception for Aoun. He has hurt millions, helped destroy a country, and sold our freedom, democracy and sovereignty to the highest bidder. This is high treason by excellence.