MP Atallah: Hezbollah is obstructing and using Aoun as a cover
Democratic Left Secretary General MP Elias Atallah said that Hezbollah is using MP Michel Aoun as a cover in order to increase its gains in the government.
“Hezbollah has taken the obstructing one-third vote, and its allies are taking the ministerial portfolios they want. Will the party accept the decisions being made within the legitimate government, or will it say that its weapons are for defense, and that any hand that touches them will be cut off?” Atallah said in an interview with the Lebanese daily Al-Balad.
He also noted that Aoun was given four ministerial portfolios and the position of deputy PM, but he rejected this formula and started demanding the Telecommunications and Public Works ministries in addition to the position of deputy PM.
“Aoun wants to portray himself as being unjustly treated so he can achieve results in the upcoming legislative elections similar to what he got in 2005,” he added.
“His claims that he is the only representative of Christians reflect an aggressive position toward the presidency and Christian parties,” Atallah said.