باسيل يتهم "المستقبل" برفض "المناصفة الحقيقية": سليمان لا يمكن ان يرفض اجماعاً مسيحياً
Read this story in Englishاستغرب وزير الطاقة جبران باسيل، ان يرفض رئيس الجمهورية ميشال سليمان "اللقاء الارثوذكسي"، الذي اجمع عليه المسيحيين، واتهم "تيار المستقبل" برفض المناصفة الحقيقية. كذلك رد باسيل على من هدد بطعن "الارثوذكسي" بأنه سيطعن بالقوانين الاخرى.
وفي مؤتمر صحافي عقده ظهر الاحد حول قانون الانتخاب، اتهم باسيل "تيار المستقبل" برفض المناصفة الحقيقية "عبر دعم مشروع الاقصاء والابعاد للمسيحيين".
وشدد على انه لا يمكن القبول بـ"أي قانون انتخابي لا يؤمن المناصفة الفعلية"، مشيراً على ان لا بديل لمشروع "اللقاء الارثوذكسي".
وكان قد أكد باسيل في حديث الى صحيفة "النهار"، ان مشروع "اللقاء الارثوذكسي" هو "موضوع استراتيجي ليس للمسيحيين في لبنان بل في الشرق، وليس للمسلمين في لبنان، بل لكل فكرة التعايش والتعدد في الشرق".
وشدد على ان "هذا المشروع يجب ان يدافع عنه المسلمون اكثر من المسيحيين".
وعن ما نقلته تقارير صحفية عن سليمان انه لن يوقع المشروع الارثوذكسي وسيدعو الى مناقشة مشروع الحكومة، قال باسيل "انا استغرب، وإن كنت افهم الخلفيات، ان يكون هذا موقف رئيس الجمهورية".
وتابع "لا اصدق انه يرفض المشروع، الا اذا سمعت ذلك منه، وانه يتحمل مسؤولية تفويت فرصة مثل هذه، او المس باجماع قلما تحقق عند المسيحيين في موضوع بنيوي وكياني بهذا الحجم، وان يكون ضمناً يريد تخريب هذا الامر، ويلجأ فعلا الى تخريبه".
يُذكر ان رئيس الجمهورية اعلن الثلاثاء في حديث الى موقع "الانباء" الالكتروني انه يعتبر مشروع "اللقاء الارثوذكسي" "مخالفاً للدستور"، مشيرا الى ضرورة "إنشاء لجنة دستورية تدرس قانون الإنتخاب حتى لا يتعرض للطعن في المستقبل".
اما وعن رفض معظم القوى من "الحزب التقدمي الاشتراكي" الى "تيار المستقبل" ومسيحيي 14 آذار المستقلين، للمشروع، علّق باسيل لـ"النهار"، "نقول لمن يهدد بالطعن فيه، نحن أيضاً سنطعن في القوانين الأخرى".
واوضح "في النهاية يجب ان نصل الى قانون يحقق الاكثرية. اذا استطعنا تأمين الاجماع فهذه امنيتنا. الاكثرية الآن متوافرة ومؤيدة للطرح الارثوذكسي".
وسألت "النهار" باسيل، كيف انه تم تجاوز مشروع الانتخاب الذي اقرته الحكومة (التي ينتمي اليها) في السادس من ايلول والذي يقوم على التسبية على اساس 13 دائرة، الى اللقاء الارثوذكسي، اوضح باسيل قائلاً "وضعناه في الحكومة كان على اساس انه الخيار الثاني في بكركي بعد "الارثوذكسي"، اذا لم نحصل على الخيار الاول نحصل على الثاني".
وتابع "عندما قام علينا اطراف بكركي كيف وضعنا هذا القانون، قلنا نعود اذن الى "الارثوذكسي".
يُذكر ان لجنة بكركي الرباعية التي تضم أحزاب "الكتائب" و"التيار الوطني الحر" و"القوات اللبنانية" و"تيار المردة" اتفقت الاحد الفائت على التمسك بقانون اللقاء الأرثوذكسي الذي بموجبه تنتخب كل طائفة نوابها.
if you felt so much hurt by my comment, it means basil is your father or something of the like?
otherwise, what is it to you?
Insults should truly not be the way people in a modern society communicate with each other. Surely! It most certainly will weaken your argument when your words mean nothing more than meaningless derogatory lousiness. Neither of your comments achieved anything but an angry useless reaction, did it not?
Political debate should be more constructive. It should push us to think of alternatives if we disagree. Throwing random insults just cause we can is just plain ridiculous and childish in my opinion.
I agree with you that insult are not the way. but in the case of basil, I felt it was long overdue, and I will state the reasons. as for the so-called FT's comment: he talks about Christians while he is a shia, and in a way he knows what is best for Christians :)
now to Basil:
- he is the perfect son in law of aoun, who failed in the elections and imposed by him as a minister, thus he does not represent Christians.
- Basil is a racist, assisting the bashar regime by aiding its thugs to train and prepare for military actions against the Lebanese.
- Aoun and his thugs have weakened the Christians in the 90's doing the work of Bashar and went away to France after letting the best of our army be killed at the hands of his masters.
- he came back again to do the job his masters wanted him to play furthermore weakening the Christians.
- this law of ferzli(who is also a bashar puppet) is tailored to ave the worst effect on the Christians, so they open the door to loosing even more of their prerogatives, and so much more that will be unveiled soon :)
so yes, I said an insult against basil, but he deserves it.
Hi Geha
That is basically part of the problem. We shouldn't be looking at what's best for the Christians and what best for the Moslems. We should try and find what's right for Lebanon regardless.
I cannot think of one politician in Lebanon that has not made mistakes. They all have throughout the years. What bothers me is that they remain political leaders as if there aren't any other people who are educated enough to do a much better job. Anyway that aside, you have your beliefs and FT has his. We cheapen the argument with insults. Why can't we make every word worthwhile?
check all my posts and you will notice I am the one always being insulted and rarely I reply, but without insults :)
today I got fed up with basil and aoun, and issued that comment.
I agree that these are not politicians (all of them), and they are worthless as such.
but I differentiate between stupid MPs and so called politicians who are agents to foreign countries executing their orders to harm the country. aoun and his fpm fall exactly in that category.
they spread lies and false accusations constantly as a prelude to what their masters are preparing for us.
for info, the latest security information advises of a high level of bomb threats that are going to occur soon, and it is known who is behind them. their intent is to do like samaha: accuse salafis :)
I will reiterate what I said yesterday. In my humble opinion, this law is not the best solution for Lebanon in the long term. It does take us a few steps backwards and we need to move forwards. However I do understand the frustration of Lebanese Christians as since the Taif accord the Lebanese Christians' "interests" have been marginalised for what was sold as the greater good of the nation. Also, the situation in the whole region at the moment and the so called rise of Islamists have left all minorities feeling their existence is threatened.
Our "leaders" that the country seems to be voting for again and again have remained unchanged for as long as my memory takes me. Nothing has ever been accomplished by any of them that has truly improved the lives of all Lebanese. They all seem to argue, bicker, fight and increase the country's division. I do not care for any of those so called leaders. Each of them has his own agenda and motives and none of them has the COUNTRY'S best interest at heart.
The country is divided yet I wish it was because of political ideology! Unfortunately it has always been because of sectarian ideology and that is the reason the country has not managed to thrive and unite productively throughout its history. We are a divided nation and we always have been but does that mean that we always should be? This law will only make this fact official. Some will think that's a good thing and some will think it's a bad thing. Ultimately only history will be the judge of that.
In an ideal utopic world we would all like Lebanon to be a modern and truly democratic nation where everyone is equal and everyone votes for what is truly important for the nation and all its people. We unfortunately do not live in that utopic world.
Obviously this is just my opinion and I accept that some people my not share the same opinion as me
Thx accordionman.
Political affiliation is not something I care about. I am more interested in real and constructive views from whoever it comes from. Surely everyone is entitled an opinion in a democracy, don't you think? Whether we like it or not.
In an ideal utopic world we would all like Lebanon to be a modern and truly democratic nation where everyone is equal and everyone votes for what is truly important for the nation and all its people. We unfortunately do not live in that utopic world.
Obviously this is just my opinion and I accept that some people my not share the same opinion as me
more sectarian than this law there is not... really funny to see FPM support a sectarian law when they pretend to want secularism... hypocrits that s all....
rather than show the example they do all that is contrary to secularism in everything they do...
pityful and more pityful those who support them while crying out that they too are for secularism! LOL!
Geha is the perfect scoundrel! A fake christain that attacked the batrack at every turn and praises sheik saadadine. Every attempt is made to divide Lebanese! Well all I can say is shalom and happy honnicka.
How is this bad for the Christians, I really don't understand. I guess because I am not lebanese, and having a leader tell me what is good for me.
It would be bad for all of Lebanon but in the short term, it would be good for the Christians. Now, if the Christian leaders can get together with the Sunni, Shia, and Druze leaders and formulate a plan that everyone can get behind, then we would all be better off.
as for Bassil, do your job and stop giving people more ammo to hate you. You are still known as the son in law because everyone knows you got your position from your father in law and not your actual skills. And increasing the time the power is turned off from 11 hours a day to 18 in 3 years isn't considered a good thing in most circles....