Aoun for Two-day Elections, Comes to Defense of Four Generals
Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun on Monday said members of his parliamentary bloc would propose holding the forthcoming elections along two days, instead on one day as scheduled for June 7.
Aoun made the pledge in remarks to reporters after the weekly meeting by members of his Change and reform parliamentary bloc at his residence in Rabiyeh, north of Beirut.
"My experience tells me the elections cannot be held in one day. Our MPs and ministers should ask the interior and defense ministers to guarantee that," Aoun said.
"It is possible to amend the election law, even for one time only…We”ve seen what happened on Saturday," he added.
Aoun was referring to the death of one person and the wounding of 30 others in serial attacks by March 8 partisans against unarmed civilians who took part in the Martyrs Square mass rally marking the fourth anniversary of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri”s assassination.
"Those who join caravans should be polite and should refrain from provoking citizens in residential districts," Aoun added.
He said the persisting arrest of the four generals is aimed at "settling political accounts with them."
"Why the ministers who were in charge of them are not held accountable?" Aoun asked.