Bou Saab Distances FPM from OTV's Attacks on Berri

President Michel Aoun's International Cooperation Adviser ex-minister Elias Bou Saab sought Sunday to distance the Free Patriotic Movement from OTV's recent attacks on Speaker Nabih Berri and the AMAL Movement.

"We in the FPM are not used to the rhetoric that was used in OTV's news bulletin intro. This does not mean that NBN television which used a similar language was right," Bou Saab said in an interview on al-Jadeed TV.

"It is true that we are in a dispute with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri over the (army officers) seniority decree, but that does not mean that the issue should be addressed in this manner on OTV and NBN," the former minister added.

And urging "all supporters of AMAL Movement and the FPM to end the ongoing debate on social networking websites," Bou Saab revealed that "an agreement was reached in the FPM's political council to coordinate with media outlets affiliated with the FPM or close to it in order to serve the FPM's goals."

He added: "This media approach towards the seniority decree will not lead to a result... President Michel Aoun has said that he will abide by any decision by the judicial authorities."

Bou Saab also reassured that the FPM and its chief Jebran Bassil "have not taken any decision to broadcast TV reports that attack Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri."