Lebanon To Elect New President Within 24 Hours
Lebanese Parliament house speaker Nabih Berri (L) talks with opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun during an opposition meeting in Doha May 19, 2008.
It would appear there are some important goings-on happening in terrorist tormented Lebanon in the last couple days. And here is another …
(Xinhua)
BEIRUT - Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani said Wednesday that Lebanese rival leaders have agreed to elect a new president within 24 hours, local NBN TV reported.
Lebanese leaders reached an agreement in Doha talks on resolving the current political crisis, Sheikh Hamad was quoted assaying.
He announced that the rival leaders agreed to elect Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Michel Suleiman as a new president in the upcoming 24 hours, to form a government based on a 16-11-3 formula(16 for the majority, 11 for the opposition and 3 to be chosen by the president) and adopting 1960 electoral law.
The agreement called for the state control over all Lebanese areas, and the refrain by all groups from the use of arms to achieve political gains.
“Weapons and violence would not be used in political differences,” Sheikh Hamad announced, adding that “the security and military control would be in the state hands to preserve coexistence among the Lebanese.”
During the conference, Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri announced that the sit-in tent demonstration which has been set in downtown Beirut for 18 months, will be removed from Wednesday.
Lebanese rival leaders have been meeting since last Saturday in the Qatari capital city of Doha, aiming at solving the long ongoing political crisis in the country, which turned violent between pro-government and opposition supporters about two weeks ago.
Lebanon is facing the most complicated political crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war. Lebanese political rival groups were unable to achieve a breakthrough to elect a new president for the country since Nov. 24 last year when ex-president Emile Lahoud ended his term.
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“It does seem clear that Hezbollah and its supporters are aware of that danger. Two senior Hezbollah officials in recent days have made a point of saying that their grievance is with the government, not with the Sunnis, but those statements have failed to convince many Sunnis.”
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May 22nd, 2008 at 10:19 amCould we just PUHLEEZE send Obama over there NOW instead of waiting for a stoopid U.S. election??!
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:44 amHe’s the only person in the WHOLE WORLD that can make all these brown people stop this mindless bloodshed and bring peace in our time by mere WORDS!!!
IMAGINE!!!!
When i think of Obama, the thoughts of war just leave my mind and Utopia sets in. No more need for weapons, but a higher demand for olive branches.
Im with Sully.
Lets send the “The great communicator” over there to settle all of this and bring heaven back to earth without a shot being fired.
President Reagan, please forgive me for the great communicator line.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 am^^^^^
YEAH!!! And when he gets back maybe Obambi would agree to help out with all the violence in… oh, I don’t know…. how about Chicago’s South Side.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:36 amsigh…. one can only hope for that kind of change I spose…….
This election is part of a deal that now gives Hizbullshitta veto power in Lebanese affairs. There’s going to be a new Lebanese civil war between Sunnis and Shia real soon.
May 22nd, 2008 at 3:30 pm