Abu Jamra Urges Aoun to Return to Bylaws
In an interview with An-Nahar newspaper published on Saturday, Free Patriotic Movement official and former Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abu Jamra reiterated his call for FPM leader MP Michel Aoun to return to the party’s bylaws and urge the party’s constituent body to meet and give the vote of confidence in a “democratic manner.”
He urged the party to hold internal elections, which according to him have been postponed by over a year and were supposed to be conducted before the parliamentary elections in June 2009.
He also refused to comment on Aoun’s recent statement, which stated that Abu Jamra is “free to think as he wants,” in a possible response to Abu Jamra’s disapproval of Aoun’s appointment of two out of three non-FPM ministers in the cabinet. Abu Jamra added that “wrongdoings should be corrected every time they are committed, to maintain Lebanon’s independence,” however stated that Aoun’s reply shows recognition of his fault.
“There is no need for me to either attend the Change and Reform bloc’s meeting or visit Rabieh,” he said, denying reports that he will preside over a delegation of FPM protesters’ visit to Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir.