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Murielle
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 Posted - 07/15/2005 : 08:16:22 AM
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Aujourd’hui le General Aoun et ses alliés au Parlement seront exclus du nouveau gouvernement organisé par M. Seniora.
M. Seniora a tenu une autre réunion avec Le Président Lahoud au palais de Baabda et vient d’annoncer qu'il a présenté un coffret 24-membre soutenu par 105 membres du parlement sans GEN. Aoun. " le gouvernement proposé se compose des membres au sein et sans du parlement qui constituent un groupe harmonieux capable des défis de revêtements, "
En prenant compte des résultats des dernières élections parlementaires au Liban, la majorité des Chrétiens ont élus les candidats du courent patriotiques libre et ses alliés que se soit au Mont Liban, La Bekaa ou Le Nord.
Ce qui fait que tout cabinet politique qui exclu le General Aoun, aura automatiquement exclu la majorité des chrétiens de toute décision politique qui aura lieu.
Que sera la réaction des chrétiens ? En fait les 105 membres qui donneraient confiance au cabinet proposé par Seniora sont élus par les Musulmans (Shiite, Sunnite et Druze) et pas par les Chrétiens. Est-ce que les Musulmans du Liban ont décidé finalement de marginaliser les minorités Chrétiennes et de gouverner le pays sans les Chrétiens ? |
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Truth Squad
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Posted - 07/15/2005 : 09:10:41 AM
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Bienvenue au forum Murielle.
Avant de changer en Anglais, j’aimerai bien dire au début que les Chrétiens ont toujours été au Liban et le seront ici pour toujours. Il n’y a pas question.
Now in English: many think it would be a mistake of tremendous proportions for PM designate Seniora to have a cabinet that includes everyone else except Aoun's group. In a democracy, this is possible. Let's not forget that everyone else except Aoun campaigned together for the elections and won some 100-105 seats. So there, democratically, there is no problem.
Internationally also, that would be perceived as a normal thing for the majority to form a government without the minority.
Now for many that would create an imbalance in the Lebanese delicate government by agreement, given that most Christians voted for Aoun. But let's not forget that most Muslims did not vote for the majority coalition in parliement, most muslims did not vote.
In as much as this parliament was elected based on an unfair law, it representative power is limited. True national dialogue begins when everyone is at the table and no one is excluded.
So for the time being let's allow Mr. Seniora and Mr. Hariri enjoy their super majority and let's see what they will do with it.
I for one am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. |
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Reformist
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Posted - 07/16/2005 : 05:31:19 AM
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Well said Truth Squad.
I actually think it would be better for the FPM to remain the Opposition and hold the Government responsible for every error made, as opposed to being apart of this corruption.
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Murielle
France
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Posted - 07/16/2005 : 8:22:01 PM
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Thank you both for your replies. I will try to express myself in english but please bare with me and excuse my mistakes.
What we have in Lebanon is not a democracy in the secular sense the way we have it in France, USA or England. If it were a secular democracy, I would have no problem with the majority forming the government and the minority remaining in the opposition.
We have what the Lebanese call a democracy by agreement between the various religious communities. In other words, you cannot have fair representation in government, or fair participation unless all major communities are fairly represented.
All statistics have shown that whenevr the lebanese christians had a fair chance at expressing themselves, they voted by a large majority for GMA and his allies. Whether you like it or not, the vote was along sectarian lines (here we speak of party lines, in lebanon we have sectarian lines). If your sect is your party, ten no christian (or at least no maronites) should be included in the cabinet. For a majority of that sect (party) voted for GMA. Otherwise, you will have false representation of the christians which is worse than no representation at all.
That is why, even though I agree that it would be better for Aoun to stay out, it is not good for Lebanon or the Christians not to have fair christian representation in any cabinet.
The repercussion of that on the long term is very bad:
1) It send a bad message to all christians in Lebanon, if you are not within a Muslim-lead group (Hariri, Jumblat, Amal, Hezbollah), you have no chance of participating in government.
2) It tells christians that they are not trusted and are not welcome in any government in Lebanon.
3) It may on the long term force the christians to make one of 3 choices: i) leave Lebanon, ii) stay but seek outside protection, or iii) stay but work for a breakaway republic (that is division of the country). |
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Truth Squad
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Posted - 07/21/2005 : 11:06:55 AM
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Murielle,
I understand your concerns, but you seem to be looking at the issue from a purely sectarian angle.
I think we need to trust each other and wrok within the constitutional framework of our country if we plan to build a new democracy.
Our problems are too big for us to waste time bickering over trivia.
The whole country will collapse if nothing is done about the economy.
Hundreds of trucks filled with products are stopped at the borders with Syria. Solving that problem requires internal unity and solidarity.
Lebanon is surrounded by ennemies all around: Israel in the South and the Syrian Baath regime everywhere else.
So let's forget about Christian and Muslim for a while and build a united front to face the external dangers. |
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Le Future des Chrétiens au Liban
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