| Some 100 Lebanese from across the country's professions launched a campaign on Saturday against a change in the constitution which would allow a second term for President Emile Lahoud, as Syria is thought to want. A statement entitled "for the Defence of the Republic and the Constitution", of which AFP obtained a copy, said that "any attempt to change the constitution to facilitate the renewal, prolongation or re-election" of Mr Lahoud "is nothing but the perpetuation of the current situation of dependence" on Syria. It was signed by university teachers, journalists, lawyers, doctors, engineers, and former ministers and members of parliament, both Muslim and Christian. |