2023-05-30 17:51:03
The “Strong Lebanon” bloc, during its periodic meeting chaired by Representative Gebran Bassil and in the presence of former President Michel Aoun, presented in detail the options and political directions proposed for the presidential election. The deputies gave their opinions, where in the end the emphasis was placed on the previously agreed path, which is led by the head of the bloc, in terms of agreement with the opposition on a candidate for the presidency. The republic will be announced following determining the possibilities, completing consultations regarding the program and the election mechanism, and securing the broadest parliamentary support for it on the basis of consensus and not imposition. With the bloc confirming its conviction that electing a president and his success at this stage requires consensus and not a challenge from one once morest another.
The bloc announced in a statement, “its support for the decision of the Minister of Justice in the caretaker government, Henri Helou, and its condemnation of the Cabinet’s decision to refuse to issue the decree appointing French lawyers Emmanuel Daoud and Pascal Bovet to represent the state in the Riad Salameh case.” He pointed out, “The goal of the illegitimate cabinet in excluding these two qualified and volunteer lawyers without charge is to prevent the Lebanese authorities from obtaining the information contained in the file, while taking the status of a personal prosecution authorizes the representatives of Lebanon to view the smallest details in order to help detect and prosecute the perpetrators and accomplices.” This means that those who obstruct the appointment of these two lawyers seek to protect the Governor of the Banque du Liban, Riad Salameh, and protect themselves from any exposure of the facts of their involvement, and not create a precedent that allows anyone responsible for his actions to be held accountable. He considered, “This issue reminds of the battle of criminal scrutiny, the exclusion of the “KROLL” company, and the prevention of the issuance of the first report of the Alvarez-Marsal company, which was supposed to be issued 8 months ago.
The bloc affirmed its firm position on the issue of the displaced Syrians in terms of the need to open the door for a dignified return as a final solution. It also stresses the follow-up to the law proposals submitted by the bloc regarding the displaced, which are the subject of a study in the Administration and Justice Committee, and holds the government and its president responsible for not implementing the decisions taken regarding facilitating their return and preventing a project keep them in Lebanon.
“Strong Lebanon” considered that “what is happening in the cabinet is the opposite of the partnership and the charter, and a continuation of flagrant violations of the constitution by a government that lacks constitutional specifications, starting with the issuance of exceptional approvals by the prime minister alone, and signing them in the name of the entire government, through holding cabinet sessions and setting items of Outside the agenda contrary to the principles, issuing decrees without all the ministers signing them, limiting the powers of the President of the Republic to a number of ministers instead of putting their signatures on them unanimously, and devising the heresy of assigning the powers of the President of the Republic, and issuing the decree by proxy following the ministers waived the right to request a review of the matter. The decision, bearing in mind that this right is a power attached to the person of the President of the Republic and may not be waived.In addition to these violations, a general manager is suspended from work without any report, and he is referred to the Supreme Disciplinary Authority until the decision is issued, instead of the matter being reversed, and his only fault is that he objects to the decision. Minister’s decisions.
And he stressed, “The recent government transgression falls within the context of attempts to normalize the presidential vacuum, so that the state is run without the need for a president of the republic, disregarding the position and the role.” He believed that “the matter now requires studying the options available to prosecute the caretaker prime minister and prosecute him under Article 301 of the Penal Code on charges of committing constitutional crimes.”
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