Tueni rejects granting opposition veto power
MP Nayla Tueni said Monday she would not vote in favor of the new cabinet if it adopted stances contradictory to the March 14 political platform that was announced prior to the 2009 parliamentary polls.
"The majority should support Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and refrain from granting the opposition the obstructing-third vote," she told Future News television station. Tueni stressed the necessity of holding constructive dialogue and forming an effective cabinet, something that will "contribute to the establishment of the state."
Commenting on the third anniversary of the summer 2006 war with Israel, Tueni said: "The lesson that should be learned from the war is the need to have a strong Lebanese state, which has the exclusive power over waging war or not."
She added that Hizbullah should give up its weapons to the state and "allow its members to join the Lebanese Armed Forces." The young lawmaker also accused "certain Lebanese parties of relying on Damascus to make political decisions."