Search: Michel Aoun (2 materials)

Autumn Suspense in Lebanon III: Prime Minister’s Office on the Brink

... throughout this period of “presidential vacuum,” Hariri urged his colleagues to come to an agreed decision and put an end to the crisis. We can deduce the kind of decision that Hariri himself envisioned from the fact that his political opponents – Michel Aoun’s supporters – boycotted the sessions of the Chamber of Deputies dozens of times. That is, in Hariri’s opinion, a way out of the power vacuum had to be unequivocally acceptable to the patrons of the leader of the March 14 Alliance, i....

22.11.2017

Lebanese People Awaiting Breakthrough Solutions

... a new electoral law. The proposal of a “package deal” coming from a champion of electing a president early was met with protest in various Maronite circles. AP Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri The sharpest reaction came from the camp of Michel Aoun, which characterized the proposal as Nabih Berri’s attempt to block the election of General Aoun to the top post. Indeed, a row broke out in the government between the representatives of the Amal Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement ...

24.10.2016

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