Aoun says people being robbed, urges president who can 'absorb shock'
Former president Michel Aoun on Tuesday presided over the weekly meeting of the Free Patriotic Movement-led Strong Lebanon bloc for the first time since leaving office.
“The entire state needs rebuilding and I regret that the Lebanese people are silent while being robbed of their money,” Aoun said after the meeting.
“We need a president who can absorb the shock and continue the path,” he added.
Warning that “there cannot be a country unless the current ruling class changes,” Aoun lamented that “80% of the Lebanese people have become poor.”
“We have three to four years ahead until we start breathing, as we wait for the quantities of gas present in the (offshore) blocks, and we must preserve our political path and seek accountability,” the ex-president added.
Source: Naharnet
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