Saniora Sets the Rule of Engagement with March 8: Enough
Premier Fouad Saniora has set the rule of engagement with the Hizbullah-led march 8 stating that it is no more acceptable to take citizens’ souls, their stability and security captive to serve whatever pretexts or goals.”
Saniora made the remark in a non-binding conclusion to the cabinet’s policy statement that parliament started deliberating Friday evening.
“Our nation is neither test grounds nor arena,” Saniora declared at parliament.
Hizbullah MP Ali Ammar wanted to protest against the phrase, but Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri told him “it is not included in the policy statement.”
Orange TV, mouthpiece of Gen Michel Aoun’s Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), said Saniora’s words were tantamount to “storms, or mini-storms that would strike parliament n the few coming days.”
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Saniora stated that the Lebanese people “want a one and sole authority … to protect their rights, interests and coexistence.”FPM leader Michel Aoun, who addressed parliament, criticized the policy statement for mentioning “people, army and resistance.”
“We are one identity,” Aoun said in an apparent effort to imply that Hizbullah’s Islamic resistance is part of the nation.
