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Aoun: Money and power played with Lebanese destiny but you saved Lebanon |
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Written by General Editor
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Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun said Thursday that the failure of state institutions to hold transparent elections on June 7 was shameful.
"I am ashamed of the state institutions on the day of the elections. "They stayed vigilant on the purchase of consciences," Aoun said during a celebration of his Change and Reform bloc's victory in Kesrouan district.
Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun said Thursday that the failure of state institutions to hold transparent elections on June 7 was shameful.
"I am ashamed of the state institutions on the day of the elections. "They stayed vigilant on the purchase of consciences," Aoun said during a celebration of his Change and Reform bloc's victory in Kesrouan district.
"I honestly say that Lebanon's parliament speaker will be elected by the Lebanese parliament while the government will be formed by Cairo and Riyadh," Aoun told the crowd in Chnanir.
Responding to Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir's comments, the FPM leader said: "If they want Lebanon's decision to stay in Lebanon then they should follow us."
Sfeir said Thursday that the message behind his latests statements was for a Lebanon that handles its own affairs and is not subjected to outside interferences.
Aoun also accused the March 14 forces of spending $770 million during the elections "to defeat" the opposition and its allies.
"They lost their money and we won our survival. We will make them pay the double" price, Aoun said.
He said the June 7 elections were neither free nor transparent, adding that poll observers remained silent because they were happy with the results.
"Money and power played with Lebanese destiny but you saved Lebanon," the FPM leader told the crowd.
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