Aoun Made his Choice and is Committed to the Syrian-Iranian Axis

Aoun Made his Choice and is Committed to the Syrian-Iranian Axis

Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel has accused Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun of being part of the Syrian-Iranian axis.

Aoun "made his choice and is committed to the Syrian-Iranian axis," Gemayel said in an interview with the weekly al-Massira magazine on Saturday.

He also said that the issue of Shebaa Farms and Kfar Shouba Hills was a lie aimed at keeping Hizbullah”s arms.

Gemayel said Syria was taking steps to normalize relations with Lebanon.

"Lebanon is ready to normalize relations with Syria. However, the question is Syria ready? It does not take any practical steps in doing so, a matter that reinforces doubt among the Lebanese to make them wonder about its true intentions."

He said the March 14 Forces will participate in the 2009 parliamentary elections through a unified list.

"Lebanese voters are facing a historic test; either they vote for positive neutrality, not to commit to any axis; or for a Lebanon that is part of a regional and Arab axis that could embroil it in endless struggles," Gemayel said.

In answering Aoun”s comment that presidential powers are at the Grand Serail and not in Baabda, Gemayel said: "What we want is to fortify the position of the presidency not to doubt it."