Aoun Slams Sfeir: You are an Ordinary Citizen

Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun on Wednesday lashed back at Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, saying he is “just an ordinary citizen who has the right to express his opinion.”

 

Sfeir said that Aoun is swimming against the current and thus blocking the possibility of reaching an agreement between political factions that would lead to the election of a new head of state.

 

“We do not fear prolonged void. The crisis needs more time to be resolved and we don”t want to adopt a violent choice,” he added.

 

However, Aoun warned “we are running out of patience.”

 

The MP said that the formation of the new government is “not among the president”s powers, and there will be no elections prior to an agreement on a specific plan.”