March 14 Hits Syrian Regime
The March 14 majority alliance on Friday said Syrian charges made against the Lebanese people reflect attempts by the Damascus regime to "avert responsibility for assassination crimes."
The alliance also said The Syrian regime is trying to preempt the final report by the international commission probing the 2005 assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri and related crimes.
"This (Syrian) regime is trying to imply that responsibility for the killings should be shared by all based on the /terrorist campaign/ targeting Syria," the March 14 statement said.
This, it added, "aims at setting the stage for rejecting charges against this regime by the International Commission”s report."
"The Syrian regime is "strictly specialized in killing and terror to achieve political aims," it noted.
The statement, released after a meeting by the March 14 Secretariat General, also accused the Syrian regime of setting the stage for launching a "terror campaign" against the Lebanese people "under the pretext of self-defense."
The statement also said a defense strategy blueprint proposed by Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun "breaches the cabinet”s policy statement"
The statement said Aoun”s blueprint classifies UNSCR 1701 as biased in favor of Israel while the cabinet”s policy statement calls for full implementation of the resolution.
"This is a very serious matter because UNSCR 1701 provides Lebanon with international protection and breaching it could block the mission of UNIFIL troops and provide Israel with a pretext to launch more aggressions on Lebanon."
The majority alliance urged Premier Fouad Saniora”s cabinet to list Aoun”s blueprint on the agenda of its first meeting to consider the "serious breach" it poses to its policy statement, based on which it was granted Parliament”s confidence to rule.
Aoun”s defense strategy blueprint also is tantamount to a "coup against the constitution and the Taef accord and sets the stage for permanent wars," the statement stressed.