The Christian ally of the Lebanese militant Shiite group Hezbollah, hardliner General Michel Aoun, said that to pave the way for peaceful solutions to the country's political crisis there will be no street protests in the coming two days. "We are ready to go to the streets with our allies, but we will allow some time for some new negotiations," General Michel Aoun. Aoun, called on his supporters to be ready at anytime. "We are going to take to the streets peacefully. The other camp is obliging us to do this," Aoun added. "I call on all Lebanese to take part in this movement against the (anti-Syrian) government" of Prime Minister Fouad Seniora, he said. But Aoun set no date for the protests.
Aoun reiterated his demands for a government of national unity that will represent all the Lebanese sects. Aoun and his close ally Hezbollah threatened to take to the streets to topple the anti-Syrian majority government of Prime Minister Fouad Seniora. The political tension in the country has caused panic among Lebanese who were glued to radios on Wednesday after rumours spread that pro-Syrian groups would demonstrate in the coming 48 hours and that Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah had been delegated to announce the zero hour for the protests.