Aoun's Approach to Tiff with Syria: "Let's Have Coffee" in Damascus
Michel Aoun, Lebanon's maverick presidential aspirant and controversial politician, wants to solve the dispute with Syria the Lebanese way: "Let's knock on their door and say we're here for coffee."
The former army commander, who heads the Reform and Change bloc in Parliament, spoke Saturday in one of his almost daily rants against the government.
Aoun believes that the departure of the government and a shrinking of the 72-majority bloc in Parliament would assure him the presidential post, given his present alliance with the Shiites, notably Hizbullah and Amal.
In his latest statement, Aoun renewed calls for new parliamentary elections that would rectify the perceived imbalance created in spring 2005. He claimed the last polls, hard on the heels of the Feb. 14, 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri, were held "in emotional circumstances" that secured victory for the slain ex-premier's political heirs over Syria's allies in Lebanon.
The former army commander, who heads the Reform and Change bloc in Parliament, spoke Saturday in one of his almost daily rants against the government.
Aoun believes that the departure of the government and a shrinking of the 72-majority bloc in Parliament would assure him the presidential post, given his present alliance with the Shiites, notably Hizbullah and Amal.
In his latest statement, Aoun renewed calls for new parliamentary elections that would rectify the perceived imbalance created in spring 2005. He claimed the last polls, hard on the heels of the Feb. 14, 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri, were held "in emotional circumstances" that secured victory for the slain ex-premier's political heirs over Syria's allies in Lebanon.
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