Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun said Monday that he "understood" what Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah meant when he described May 7 as a "glorious day."
"I understand the rhetoric of Sayyed Nasrallah. The swift security intervention prevented sedition (on May 7, 2008) and I agree with him that the cabinet committed a great foolishness on May 5," Aoun said after the bloc”s weekly meeting.
On an ongoing espionage investigation, Aoun congratulated the Internal Security Forces and said the crackdown was "reassuring."
He linked organized crimes in the country to the rings and urged the ISF to "capitalize on their achievements to obtain more data" on previous murders.
"All the crimes are linked to the espionage rings. Had there not been networks scheming and others executing then the crimes would not remain hidden," Aoun said.
"This is why we were accusing the sides which were supposed to maintain security," he added.
On the electoral process, Aoun said: "Everybody says that the difference in the elections will be by two, three or more seats."
"In some districts, they are trying to support one candidate in the list, such as Nazem al-Khoury in Jbeil, Mansour al-Bon in Kesrouan, Michel Murr who is summoning municipality mayors in Metn, and Edmond Garios in Baabda…" he added.
Aoun also refused to hold a public debate with Carlos Edde, the candidate for the Maronite seat in Kesrouan, saying "he scares me."
"We are being targeted by individuals who entered the centrist game that embassies engage in. Let me say that all of their media campaigns have failed," Aoun said.
"There is someone in the Water Authority called Antoine Fahd, who is using his electoral powers in Kesrouan," he added.
On the subject of municipality mayors, Aoun said that talks were still ongoing. He added that reports of corruption in the country will be investigated immediately after the elections.