Lebanese Ministry of Information
The President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, said that the construction work is not easy, especially after all the years of destruction that have been exposed to everything in Lebanon. It needs all the Lebanese, for their solidarity first, and for their trust in themselves, their partners and their country. He said that corruption is not fought by individual, but by institutions, stressing that today is the development of the foundations of the state. If there are no basic pillars of a state that are consistent in its work and respect for laws, the fight against corruption can not be achieved. “There are things that have been achieved and we still have work to do in this direction,” he said, stressing that “we have laid the groundwork and will complete the remaining laws in this direction.”
“There are three things that guarantee the maintenance of stability and limit the armed action on Lebanese territory, namely: UN Resolution 1701, which Lebanon and Hezbollah are committed to,
The Memorandum of Understanding between the Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah, and the Ministerial Statement. “He expressed his satisfaction with the security situation in Lebanon,” he said, expressing his satisfaction with the cooperation between the two countries. “We are the ones who protect Lebanon, and we have no protection, because when the interests of Lebanon clash with a stronger state, the latter will do its best and will not be the guarantor of our protection.”
He pointed out that he was the first to raise the issue of displaced Syrians to Lebanon, “and accused at the time and the Free Patriotic Movement and Minister Bassil racism, while our demand to be aware of the large numbers that enter Lebanon,” he revealed that during his meeting with the ambassadors of the five major countries and the representative of the European Union and representative The Secretary-General of the United Nations and the representative of the League of Arab States on the subject, “there was a difference of views because they insisted on the return of the displaced only after finding a political solution to the Syrian crisis,” which he did not accept and told them, “This is a pretext for not finding a solution in Syria . ”
On the situation of the pound, he assured the president that “there is no fear of it, nor about the banking sector.” He pointed out that the sanctions imposed on Hezbollah will not affect the general situation any more than in the first phase of these sanctions, which were previously approved.
“The elections will take place on time, and he has achieved all that he has promised so far despite the doubts raised, and the obstacles that appear in the implementation of the biometric card or other will not prevent the elections, and there will be no amendment to the law, it must be applied first to be Search modified or not. ”
The speech of President Aoun came during a live television episode, on the eve of the first anniversary of his election as President of the Republic, entitled “A Year of the Nation,” broadcast by a television station in Lebanon. (Al-Jadid TV), Nadim Qutish (Future TV), Saeb Diab (Lebanon TV), Jean Feghali
(LBC), Giyat Yazbek (MTV), Ali Hayek (Al Manar), Ali Noureddine (NBN) and Jad Abou Joudeh (OTV), according to several axes.
President Aoun started the meeting by addressing the Lebanese with the following word:
“The Lebanese
For a year, you trusted me, the Council and the people, to take responsibility for the first position in the country. I promised you then to overcome the difficulties and not to reconcile with them, and to ensure stability in all its aspects: political, security, economic and social.
Ten months after the government of “restoring confidence”, we have to do a calculation to find out what we have achieved and what is left on us, and so you can appreciate the situation on your own, and do not be inspired by the rumors that spread the rumors and cast doubt on the souls.
We do not want a government without opposition, no media without freedom, but the opposition, like freedom, has its origins and literature. The first is respect for the truth. The truth is the ceiling of freedom. Any breach of this ceiling harms society and individuals, And interfere with all kinds of charges, which destroys the spirit of solidarity of the community, to replace the dissonance, alienation and exclusion, all indicators of threats to the stability of the homeland.
The construction work is not easy, especially after all the years of destruction in Lebanon. “We are here tonight, to speak openly, frankly, General Michel Aoun, away from the rumors and reaping, and also away from the bidding and exaggeration, so please.”
Then there was a dialogue between President Aoun and the editors, according to the following axes:
-The reality of the administration and the fight against corruption
-Security situation and displaced persons
-Economic file
-wastes and appointments
-Election Law
-Regional situation
During the dialogue, President Aoun received questions via social networking sites. He answered a number of them, noting that he regrets his inability to communicate directly with people as he did before his election. He grew up in them and, God willing, visits them in the future and we communicate with them.
The president concluded the dialogue by saying: “We achieved what we could restore the state, but what emerged tonight is the existence of some doubts, and my desire in this dialogue was to dispel these doubts among the Lebanese and ask them to abide by the facts and not rumors, and I am ready to answer all the facts, My answers to the issues ahead of us and not what has been achieved because it is acquired. The people have a lot of demands, and we understand them, and we do not miss any interest of the people, but the most important is the restoration of trust between each other, and this is only through the control of irresponsible speech, and the judiciary to listen to anyone who launches accusations whatever it is to decide what is said , It detects corrupt or is being stopped by an absolute common. ”
