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| Suleiman Says State Must Oversee Army-People-Resistance Formula |
| 2013-08-13 |
| [An Nahar] President Michel Suleiman ...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too... on Monday called for supporting the army so that it can become the only force that possesses arms in Leb, stressing that the state must oversee the so-called army-people-resistance equation. "Commitment to the Baabda Declaration is what can protect Leb's unity and stability, as well as to the defense strategy that we proposed in the wake of the Baabda Decalaration," Suleiman said in a speech on the occasion of moving to the summer presidential headquarters in Beiteddine. "Commitment to the defense strategy would protect Leb from Israel and I stress that it would protect Leb and Leb's land exclusively," the president added. He noted that the so-called army-people-resistance equation is capable of protecting Leb "on the condition that it is overseen by the Lebanese state." "The resistance cannot act unilaterally concerning the domestic or foreign affairs. For the sake of the resistance and in order to immunize it, we must abide by the proper administration of this equation," Suleiman added. "Let us all return to the interior, to our homeland, and let us devote our capabilities, strength and assets to defend our country," the president went on to say, referring to Hizbullah's military intervention in Syria. Suleiman called for "supporting the army instead of stabbing it in the back, launching accusations against it and making its mission more difficult." |
| Posted by:Fred |