Suleiman’s Call for Dialogue Falling on Deaf Ears
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President Michel Suleiman is intensifying his efforts to resume the national dialogue in order to tackle a defense strategy for Lebanon and implement the decisions that were reached on the Resistance and Palestinians’ possession of arms, reported the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa newspaper on Saturday.
His calls for dialogue have so far been ignored by the rival March 8 and 14 camps over each side’s preconditions to hold the talks, seeing as the former refuses to discuss the Resistance’s possession of weapons, while the latter insists that it should be the sole topic of discussion.
Political sources therefore interpreted the president’s call for dialogue as an attempt to ease the tensions in the country.
Furthermore, they noted that the March 14 camp is linking the resumption of the talks to the situation in Syria.
They explained that the camp will not return to the dialogue table before the fall of the Syrian regime “because its collapse will spell the beginning of the end of the Resistance’s arms.”
For its part, “Hizbullah considers its arms as a political, constitutional, and national right, which therefore does not need to be addressed at the national dialogue or linked to the Syrian crisis,” said the sources.
They added that Speaker Nabih Berri has so far failed to persuade the party to return to dialogue, while former Premier Saad Hariri will not resume the talks while he is still residing abroad.
Despite the odds stacked against him, Suleiman will not cease his calls for the resumption of the dialogue “because severing contacts between the political powers is unacceptable,” stressed the sources.
The president’s visitors reported him as saying that dialogue is the only way to prevent Lebanon from incurring the negative repercussions of the regional developments, reported al-Anbaa.
07 January 2012, 10:25
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Sleiman has no personal authority, nor any personal credibility. He is weak, alone, instead of beleiving he is a real President.. He should ally with Aoun who is te real Christian authority. He should be like Melvedev and let Aoun drive.
If he has any honor or personality he should leave the Presidential seat to real leaders. He is loosing our time.
07 January 2012, 13:29
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of course.
you find common language with salafis and lady gaga fans
07 January 2012, 13:32
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of course.
you find common language with salafis and lady gaga fans
07 January 2012, 13:32
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of course.
you find common language with salafis and lady gaga fans
07 January 2012, 14:09
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i guess in this country you just have to label yourself as a "resistant" then you have the right to have weapons...
it is unbelievable that a political party think it is above the constitution and the laws... but their days are numbered, their arrogance and complex of superiority will lead them to their loss! and that day lebanon and true lebanese shias will be free!
07 January 2012, 15:23
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Mr Suleiman is wasting his and our time thinking that the decision of dialog is in Lebanon??Mr. Hariri is already stated that he will not have any dialog with Hezbollah without an Arab observer or witnesses.
Hezbollah on the other hand, there arm decision lays in the Iranian leadership or wilayat alfaqih.
So Mr. Suleiman stops wasting time and start flying to Iran and Saudi Arabia to get any proper dialog!!!
07 January 2012, 15:31
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Mr Suleiman is wasting his and our time thinking that the decision of dialog is in Lebanon??Mr. Hariri is already stated that he will not have any dialog with Hezbollah without an Arab observer or witnesses.
Hezbollah on the other hand, there arm decision lays in the Iranian leadership or wilayat alfaqih.
So Mr. Suleiman stops wasting time and start flying to Iran and Saudi Arabia to get any proper dialog!!!
07 January 2012, 19:27
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the filthy zionist information war department is using any chance to repeat old slogans and other stupidities.
they also talk about liberating "true lebanese shia" refereing to the lahed militia traitors.
09 January 2012, 01:52
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With or without support, our greatest president, may God bless him and may his term be extended indefinitely, can and shall remove the zeer from the beer alone. Aren't we lucky to have this great man as our president? Great men do not come often! We are so damn lucky!!!
