Hizbullah Reacts to March 14: No Such Thing as the “Aoun Problem,” He Has Natural Rights
Hizbullah slammed in a statement Thursday March 14 forces for "fabricating crises" and insisted that MP Michel Aoun had the right to nominate to cabinet whoever he saw fit.
Hizbullah was reacting to a statement Wednesday by March 14 in which the secretariat general called on the opposition to help solve what it described as "the problem of Aoun."
"The statement issued by March 14″s secretariat general does not help – nor in its tone or content – to facilitate the formation of the government," Hizbullah said.
"The fabrication of crises and the creation of political tensions are futile and do not help Premier-designate Saad Hariri to expedite the government shape-up," it added.
On Aoun, the statement said: "There is no such thing as the problem of General Aoun that the opposition can help solve.
"As the leader of the second largest parliamentary bloc in the country," it added, "Gen. Aoun has natural rights to demand a specific number of cabinet portfolios and to nominate whoever he wants to these ministries."
Hizbullah said the way to address such rights was through "dialogue and understanding not through accusations and making tense public statements that does not benefit PM-designate Hariri."
The Shiite party also described as "absolutely worthless" March 14 allegations that the opposition has been hiding behind Aoun. Such claims, Hizbullah said, "only serve to confirm the truth of what has been said about (March 14) “they are living in a parallel universe."
It said March 14 forces were merely trying to "hide the real problems they are facing over the distribution and numbers of portfolios amongst them."