Mikati lashes out at 'advocates of obstruction'
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Thursday called on all parties to quickly elect a new president and form a new government in order to "protect the country and preserve the state."
“This would end the caretaker state, which in its nature is temporary and limited to the matters that fall under this principle,” Mikati said.
“Any other approach toward this major national issue is nothing but narrow and personal political calculations that must not be stopped at during these critical circumstances,” the caretaker PM added.
He stressed that what his government is currently doing is “the work that is needed constitutionally and nationally.”
“Along with all ministers, we are performing our duties with an alive conscience in order to pass this difficult period pending the election of a president. But it seems that the advocates of obstruction and chance wasting do not even want us to perform this duty, and they are trying to put all obstacles in the way of our clear mission,” Mikati added.
“They are now openly announcing their will to obstruct and their efforts to paralyze the government,” he lamented.
Warning that “this obstruction and paralysis will only harm the country's affairs and citizens,” Mikati noted that claims that “the government is seeking to replace the president or is working to usurp his powers are disinformation and hypocrisy.”
“Those launching these allegations must perform their constitutional duty in electing a president in parliament instead of insisting on blocking the election,” Mikati added.
Source: Naharnet
| Copyright © 2012 Naharnet.com. All Rights Reserved. | https://cdn.naharnet.com/stories/en/293646 |