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| Geagea: Freedom in Lebanon is irreversible |
| 2008-03-21 |
| Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea warned that the pro-government ruling camp would "if it had to" elect one of two presidential hopefuls -- Boutros Harb or Nassib Lahoud by simple majority. Geagea, in an interview published by the daily An Nahar on Thursday, ruled out presidential elections in Lebanon would take place ahead of an Arab summit scheduled in Damascus March 29-30. "We will discuss the next steps after the summit," Geagea said from New York. Geagea stressed that the ruling March 14 coalition "should reach a settlement" to the ongoing political crisis and "establish an interim rule." He denied he will run for presidency if efforts to elect Army Commander Gen. Michel Suleiman failed. "If the majority (March 14 Forces) had to elect a president by a half-plus-one (of MPs' vote) it will certainly choose one of its two candidates - MP Boutros Harb or former MP Nassib Lahoud," Geagea stressed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I still don't understand why the Lebanese need a conference of their neighbors to happen before they themselves can act. It is a tacit admission that Lebanon is controlled by outsiders. They apparently now need to strike a deal on who they are going to allow to gain power in Lebanon. It is so sad. Maybe someday soon the Lebanese people will actually be able to make this decision themselves without outsiders having to have any meeting or come to any consensus. I don't recall an Arab summit deciding Egypt's elections, or Syria's government or Algeria's. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-03-21 14:05 |