Aoun's folly and March 14's last chance

Michel Aoun has given the parliament's majority until 10 pm Friday night to capitulate and hand over the country to Hizbullah. This "historic initiative", as the delusional Aounists marketed it, was met with deserved rejection by March 14, which called on all deputies to head to parliament on Friday to elect a new president.

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that March 14 will go through with the election, due to an agreement with the "opposition", which promised no escalation if no election is carried out outside the "consensus". It doesn't matter that Hizbullah made sure no consensus can ever be reached. 

Aoun's "initiative" is so absurd it is not worth analyzing, for fear of giving it more importance than it deserves. It violates every article in the constitution, and gives Aoun and Hizbullah an interim presidency, the cabinet, the post of army commander, and spares Hizbullah any serious discussion about its weapons. Not to mention it operates on the assumption that parliament is illegitimate. Even Nabih Berri must have scoffed at Aoun's shameful sidelining of the constitution and every state institution in the country.

Unless March 14 pulls a surprise tomorrow, expect Lebanon's presidential chair to remain empty until the Assad regime and Iran get what they want, or they are dealt with firmly. As for what Lebanese want, it seems that those wishes have been sacrificed in the name of security and civil peace. The agreement with Hizbullah, Lebanese media said before it took a day off to celebrate independence day, stipulates that the Siniora government, which the constitution says would run the country, would exercise minimum authority if there is no consensus candidate. Of course, Hizbullah is not known to honor agreements, especially when they're made with whom Nasralllah calls "Zionists" and "thieves and murderers". Needless to say, someone in March 14 must be thinking his partners would be fools if they didn't attempt to take the upper hand one last time before it's too late.

Comments

[theCourtFool]

The second Michel Edde's name came up, the March14 leaders, rushed to blaming him as a Syrian. 3ayb. He comes from one of our communities Elites. Neither should Robert Ghanem be either.

But to go far and condemn a candidate who is very much able to stand for Lebanon and truly represent Lebanese in a civilized, authoritative, and rationally thought-of manner.
I am hopeful, personally, that we might have a good chance to settling a two-year-long dilemma.

Lebanon starts now!

[Lover]

"Of course, Hizbullah is not known to honor agreements"

Are you serious? Who were the back-stabbers after the election? You know people, there is a website called youtube ye? Just do some research about what Saad Harriri used to say before the 2005 elections, and what he started saying after, and during the war. Then PLEASE check out what Walid Jumblat said on Quds Day 2005 (remember, we will liberate Palestine with these pure weapons? that was him that said that not Hezbollah), and then now look what he says.

The Qartile Agreement, or whatever you like to call it in English, was raped by March 14. Then the agreement around the resistance. You saw how easily all those back-stabbers dropped that one too.

"especially when they're made with whom Nasralllah calls "Zionists" and "thieves and murderers""

Yes, then again maybe you didn't hear Harriri's talk during the Hezbollah protests, did you? And during the by-elections to replace the two killed MP's. Ye you know what i'm talking about, the whole talk about if you vote for 'them' you are killers but if you vote for us you are clean. Saad has willingly made his fathers blood cheaper than a shoe.

[naja]

Lovcr, the quadripartite agreement collapsed when Gibran Tueni was murdered. Maybe your brain can work this out without overheating.

[anon]

hehehe........Romeo's brain (if he has any) is so overheated he is bumbling and stumbling over his words .Last post :Michelle Oun....Michline...mashmoush ??

[Shunkleash]

What the hell happened today? Over 100 MP's show up for a parliamentary session to fulfill a CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE to elect a president and it turns into a photo shoot!

At least vote on what you're gonna have for lunch you fcuks! I know I know...they need consensus on the humus:-)

WTF!!! just wait for the press to latch on to this one. Oh wait no INSEEEEET this is lebanon! The press is out like paparazzi following everybody to see where they're going...reminds me of the Verizon Advert.

losers...

Ayesh Lubnan (BY CONSENSUS)

[Abu Hatem]

Ayesh, you crack me up, your right there was no point for that huge 2 hours of majlis al-nuwwab except for LBC and al-Jazeera TV to take some video and some photos to be shot by the AP.

3ayb.