Aoun Denies Call for Tripartite Division of Power, attacks slain MP Gebran Tueni
Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun has denied calls for tripartite division of power, contrary to the Taef accord which stipulates equal power sharing by Christians and Muslims.
"Those saying we are seeking a tripartite (division of power) are liars," Aoun said in an interview with New TV late Sunday.
He denied a newspaper report in which it quoted him as saying he advocates the shortening of the President”s term.
Aoun attacked the leading An Nahar newspaper, claiming it was the first to publish the issue of the tripartite division of power.
"It (An Nahar) is the biggest liar among all," Aoun told New TV.
Not only that, he went about attacking slain MP Gebran Tueni, who was editor-publisher of An Nahar, saying: "When the issue becomes a matter of exploitation, we will tell the truth because history would judge the dead, not the living."
Unlike what the other party is circulating, we are fully committed to the Taif Accord, and the Shiite sect never asked and will never ask about a share in the strictly sectarian division of power and resources in Lebanon," he added.
An Nahar hit back at Aoun, saying the ex-army general has exceeded all standards as well as moral and legal boundaries.