I Defend Resistance Arms Because They Benefit Lebanon
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Wednesday said that he defends the resistance arms because he believes that those arms benefit Lebanon.
"Why does Geagea always imagine that the resistance is coming to Maarab after him? No one will come to Maarab after him," added Aoun.
At a press conference after the weekly meeting of Change and Reform parliamentary bloc, Aoun said that PM Saad Hariri”s visit to Syria restores positive relations and serves the real interests of the Lebanese and Syrian peoples.
Aoun considered the challenge — that will be filed by Phalange MPs before the Constitutional Council over article 6 of the ministerial statement — as "against the law."
He added that the Constitutional Council revises electoral challenges and does not revise the ministerial Policy Statement, and labeled the challenge as "family disputes among the ministers."
Aoun revealed that his parliamentary bloc is working on a joint plan with Progressive Socialist Party to facilitate the return of the displaced to Mount Lebanon, calling for development plans to encourage people to return to the mountains.
FPM leader called for amending some practices by the Development and Reconstruction Council. He also urged the High Relief Commission for immediate mobilization to solve the issue of rain floods.
Aoun said that international resolutions are not always immediately implemented, "since Resolution 520 remained for long years without implementation."
He added that the International Bill for Human Rights, signed by Lebanon, gives legitimacy to the resistance.