Moawad: Christians Should Not Import Hizbullah Speech Culture
Member of the General Secretariat of the ruling March 14 coalition Michel Moawad said Saturday that the Christian community should "not import Hizbullah”s culture of speech."
Moawad held a news conference in Ehden to respond to remarks by Michel Aoun in which he asked his mother, MP Nayla Moawad, to apologize for accusing the Free Patriotic Movement leader of being a partner in crime in the assassination of her husband, the late President Rene Moawad.
"I don”t mind reconciling with MP Nayla Moawad," Aoun acknowledged at a Friday press conference. "But in return I want an apology from her over accusations that I was an accomplice in the assassination of President Rene Moawad."
"Nayla Moawad never accused Gen. Aoun of taking part in Rene Moawad”s assassination," Moawad said, adding that his mother had accused the FPM leader of bearing some responsibility for the murder.
He reminded Aoun of what Nayla Moawad said at the end of the 40-day memorial period of her husband: "Those who tried to hinder the process of the Taef accord are responsible" for Rene Moawad”s murder.
"We are convinced that the Syrian regime killed President Rene Moawad," he said.
"As much as we are convinced that the Syrian regime killed Rene Moawad, it is clear that Aoun certainly bears responsibility in this assassination," Moawad added.