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The secretary of the powerful Lebanese bloc, deputy Ibrahim Kanaan, considered that “the objective of the Bkerke meeting yesterday is national, insofar as the attempted exploitation by some is out of place”, noting that “the Patriotic Movement Libre does not have any negative position regarding Patriarch Al-Rai’s positive neutrality proposal that excludes the Arab-Israeli conflict. We openly expect it, as expressed in the latest statement by the movement’s body politic, especially because we want Lebanon to is outside the policy of the axes “.
Kanaan stated in a televised interview that “Bkerke insisted that the meeting be conducted through his organization without any partisan umbrella or official partisan participation. Officials tried to participate, so the response from the patriarchal building was that there were no places for officials. Bkerke was not responsible for some of the slogans that were repeated by several. “From the participants”.
Regarding the fear of internationalization, Canaan asked: “What is not internationalizing in Lebanon?” Starting with the initiative of the French government, going through the monetary fund financially and ending with the demand for international justice in the port explosion. The local, The Maronite Patriarchate is at the foundation of this Lebanon, its independence and sovereignty, and the warning stance before it should not be received with treason. ”
Kanaan considered that we are “in an exceptional and fateful situation that requires the search to save Lebanon, not controversies and answers,” he asked that “Bkerke’s cry be an occasion of encounter, encounter and dialogue required on points of difference or misunderstanding “of the starting points and the antecedents”.
He added: “The question of neutrality is an entity in Lebanon, and it is not understood from it that the neutrality of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This is what is contained in the introduction to the Lebanese constitution and the document of the National Agreement in terms of saying: “Lebanon is a sovereign, free and independent homeland, a definitive homeland for all its children, a single land, people and institutions, within its stipulated limits. In this constitution and internationally recognized. Lebanon is Arab in identity and belonging. It is a founding and active member of the League of Arab States and abides by its statutes. It is also a founding and active member of the United Nations and is committed to its statutes and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The state embodies these principles in all fields and fields without exception. To achieve independence, Bechara El-Khoury and Riyadh Al-Solh agreed that the Christians would abandon the demand to protect them from France, and that the Muslims would abandon the request to join the interior of Syria, because the Muslims had refused. the state of Greater Lebanon when it was established in 1920. And the National Pact was one of concord (verbally). It is not included in the articles of the constitution or in any appendix, and was expressed in brief terms, neither in the East nor in the West. “On January 12, 2017, President Michel Aoun spoke about” Lebanon goes off the beaten track and builds friendships with everyone. We do not distance ourselves from incidents, we care about them. Especially when it is between brothers “, a position that is not new for him and is not linked to immediate local, regional and international developments.”
In response to a question, Kanaan said: “There is an ongoing review of the understanding between the Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah, to find out where the understanding achieved its goals and where it needs to be modified, developed or positioned. With our emphasis on the need to that the weapons are in the hands of the Lebanese army alone, we all know that Hezbollah’s weapons are. He led his purpose in the liberation of Lebanon and the departure of Israel. As for the future of this weapon, it is discussed through the defense strategy, which, like many files, has not been completed. ”
Regarding the financial file, Canaán said: “I do not accept, and who is the ideal and the confidence that I carry, that the file of the financial accounts of the state remains unbeaten by the Court of Accounts despite the evidence of the existence of 27 billion dollars, and no one knows how to spend. So I gestured to an international court to clarify the facts and accountability if the policy continues. Preventing the facts from being revealed, not taking responsibility and obstructing power judicial “.
Kanaan was surprised by “the position of former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on the parliamentary financial audit. While President Siniora wanted international audit firms, we established a path of supervisory reform in the Finance and Budget Committee since 2010 and rejected any agreement on the statement of accounts, and the result was the restructuring of the accounts. ” It would not have been possible without the support provided by the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, when he was president of the Change and Reform Block, and continues to provide today as president.
And Kanaan considered that “all the political currents that participated in the formulation of the financial policy of the state are responsible,” he said, “if the arrangement had been produced in the financial accounts, today we would not be talking about the need for the Audit Office. to decide on them, and these accounts would not have been reconstituted since 1993, and the defect would not have appeared. He said: “I do not have confidence in a political will available to discover the circumstances of the financial accounts, and I count on the will of the people to support those who demand that the file reach its conclusions and reveal all the facts in this regard. ”
In the government file, Kanaan renewed “the request of the designated Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, to accelerate the pace of consultation with the President of the Republic and present several proposals that contribute to reaching a government whose project is understood, the implementation of the required reforms and the government’s rescue work, as an alternative to the loss of confidence. “
Regarding the Corona virus, Canaan pointed out that “experience has taught us that the state has a duty to support government hospitals and the health sector in general”, and asked: “Why neglect everything that is public? in Lebanon, from government hospitals to schools for Shared transport? There is no economy without private sector and individual initiatives. “Yes, but there is no economy without public sector and effective public institutions.”
In response to a question about what he says to Minister Melhem Riachi, Kanaan said: “I am proud of the experience I had with him and I consider the understanding that we came one day between the Free Patriotic Movement and the forces as a bright spot and a candle that must be returned and any difference must not become a dispute and be with a common national vision ”.
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