Harb Critical of Aoun’s Proposal to Revaluate Taif
MP Butros Harb on Friday criticized Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun”s call for amending the Taef accord, warning that it would hurl Christians into "civil war" that they oppose.
"The Christians would not agree at all to a distribution of powers along the lines of a tripartite concept," Harb told reporters after meeting Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea at the latter”s residence in Meerab.
"Had it not been for Aoun”s wars against Syria we would have not gone to Taef," Harb recalled.
He also criticized Aoun for "asking the Lebanese to apologize to him and, through him, to Syria."
"The Lebanese people did not shell Syria by artillery, did not displace Syrians from their homes by occupying their land, did not oppress the Syrian people and did not increase the numbers of widows and orphans in Syria," Harb recalled.
Aoun”s visit to Syria "strengthens Syria”s influence in Lebanon … and does not serve Lebanon," Harb stressed.