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Feb. 14 Rejects Aoun?s Initiative, Calls it 'Coup
Hanan Awarekeh
Leaders of the February 14 bloc rejected on Thursday an initiative submitted by the head of the Free Patriotic Movement MP General Michel Aoun that seeks a ?salvation solution? to the presidential crisis. A statement issued after their meeting at Phoenecia Hotel downtown Beirut, the ruling bloc urged MPs to take part in a parliamentary session scheduled for Friday to elect a new president. It noted that participation in electing a new head of state is in line with legislators' "constitutional duties."
Parliament, the statement noted, is the sole authority that elects a president, chooses premiers and grants governments votes of confidence allowing them to rule. The February 14 forces would not be lured into proposals that urge the following of an ?unconstitutional path,? the statement added in apparent rejection of Aoun's proposal.
The statement noted that the election of a new president puts an end to threats of vacuum and chaos.
Leaders of the February 14 bloc rejected on Thursday an initiative submitted by the head of the Free Patriotic Movement MP General Michel Aoun that seeks a ?salvation solution? to the presidential crisis. A statement issued after their meeting at Phoenecia Hotel downtown Beirut, the ruling bloc urged MPs to take part in a parliamentary session scheduled for Friday to elect a new president. It noted that participation in electing a new head of state is in line with legislators' "constitutional duties."
Parliament, the statement noted, is the sole authority that elects a president, chooses premiers and grants governments votes of confidence allowing them to rule. The February 14 forces would not be lured into proposals that urge the following of an ?unconstitutional path,? the statement added in apparent rejection of Aoun's proposal.
The statement noted that the election of a new president puts an end to threats of vacuum and chaos.
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5- Agree on a final settlement to the issue of displaced Lebanese citizens, reconsidering the by laws of the constitutional council and naming its members on a consensus base simultaneously with the formation of the government and speeding up looking into appeals in the results of the 2005 parliamentary elections.
6- Christians and Muslims should hold equal shares in all top posts of the public sector. Army Commander General Michel Suleiman should maintain his post. However, if the Army Commander's post went vacant for any reason, the new president would have an "extraordinary authority" to name a successor.
On Thursday, General Aoun proposed a "salvation solution" to the presidential crisis that allows him to name an interim president from outside the ranks of his parliamentary bloc and movement. Aoun's six-point proposal also allows the head of the Future Parliamentary bloc MP Saad Hariri to name a "consensus premier" from outside the ranks of his party who would be committed to the international tribunal.
Aoun?s six-point proposal:
1- Aoun names an interim president from outside the ranks of his parliamentary bloc and movement.
2- MP Saad Hariri names a "consensus premier" from outside the ranks of his party who would be committed to the international tribunal.
3- The formation of an "entente and national unity government" where the ruling bloc would be represented by 55% of the ministers while the national opposition gets a 45%-share. Each of the ruling bloc and opposition would have the right to control two ?sovereignty-related portfolios.?