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| Lebanese majority reject Aoun's demands, vow to elect president |
| 2007-11-23 |
| Leaders of the March 14 majority alliance vowed to take part in a parliamentary session scheduled for Friday to elect a new president, and rejected a proposal by Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun allowing him to name an interim head of state. A statement issued after a meeting of the alliance leaders at Beirut's Phoenecia Hotel 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 March 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 March 14 forces "reject any slicing of the president's six-year term in line with article 49 of the constitution," the statement stressed. The statement noted that the election of a new president puts an end to threats of vacuum and chaos. |
| Posted by:Fred |