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MP Aoun says FPM will rally to restore Christian rights

21-06-2015 | 05:09

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“The Free Patriotic Movement will mobilize across Lebanon to demand the restoration of Christian rights,” FPM leader MP Michel Aoun said on Sunday.

“We are grappling with a major problem, i.e. the role of Christians in the Lebanese government,” Aoun told a crowd of his supporters at his residence in Rabieh.

“It seems we’ve lost our primary role and we will not get it back unless we demonstrate our existence,” he said, adding “the extension of the parliament’s mandate and the disruption of elections was the greatest constitutional violation”.

Turning to the presidential elections, MP Aoun said “we want a president who contributes to settling differences and uniting citizens under the banner of national unity”.

MP Aoun also bemoaned the potential extension of Army Commander General Kahwagi’s term, accusing the cabinet of using unconstitutional mechanisms to keep the military chief in place.

Kahwagi’s term was already extended once before back in 2013. FPM leader Aoun wants his son-in-law Brig. Gen. Shamel Roukoz, commander of the Army’s elite force, to succeed the incumbent military head.

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