March 14 Memo on Dialogue to be Presented to Suleiman on Saturday
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A March 14 opposition delegation is expected on Saturday to deliver President Michel Suleiman a memo on its stance on the national dialogue that is set to be held at Baabda Palace next week, An Nahar daily reported on Friday.
Sources close to al-Mustaqbal bloc leader Fouad Saniora told the newspaper that a parliamentary delegation will present Suleiman with the memo and later hold a press conference to announce its details.
Opposition MP Butros Harb said the memo will include details on decisions reached during previous dialogue sessions and focus on their non-implementation including issues linked to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the demarcation of the border with Syria.
The memo also calls for settling the fate of Hizbullah’s arms and not abolishing them.
He confirmed that the March 14 coalition would attend the all-party talks although the Lebanese Forces has announced its boycott of what its leader Samir Geagea called a “big distraction.”
“This dialogue will not produce any result,” Geagea said.
Despite confirmation by other al-Mustaqbal officials that the movement led by ex-PM Saad Hariri will attend the all-party talks on Monday, MP Ahmed Fatfat told Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) that al-Mustaqbal will decide to participate or not after meeting with the president.
The Phalange party, which is also part of the opposition, announced earlier in the week that it would take part in the talks.
Phalange leader Amin Gemayel said Thursday that although some issues don’t have swift solutions, all sides should attend the national dialogue session.
08 June 2012, 11:34
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I don't really agree with the LF on this one. They should attend the meeting, and eventually leave if they are displeased. We all should privilege talks, even when we know that the other party is not necessarily of good faith. We know that they tried before to sit and talk, and that the outcome was unfruitful, but we have to try again...and again...and again!
08 June 2012, 17:26
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lek ma elon 3aze LF. They should be called DF (Destruction Forces). ma 3am bi se3do bi chi! ba3ba3 bi 3awwe all the time. I remember his speech from the first day the new gvt was announced : we want to bring this gvt down before it starts working because we don't believe in it! WAW!!! What a loser! Lek la tmout ma 7a ykoun down! Look at all the achievements and this is just the start dear :)
08 June 2012, 16:40
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no talks are possible if M8 refuses to tackle ALL the subjects including on illegal weapons which displeases those sissies...
08 June 2012, 17:12
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@thepatriot, well I think its a principled position. Why engage the fiction of dialogue? What is the purpose of Suliman calling this national dialogue other than to bolster Suliman's personal credibility. Now it is good for the President to have credibility and to exercise power, but this this is a phoney means of doing so. Does Suliman really have the ability to enforce the writ of the government or even the decision of the conference? No, of course not. The writ of Hezbollah is supreme in Lebanon by virtue of their weapons, not that of the president. This is the reality now and this conference will not change that, only hide and cover it up. Why be a part of that?
09 June 2012, 11:07
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@beiruti
I think that Sleiman is not a freshly elected man, and the question of his authority is long gone. We all know how he got there, and we all know of his limited power of action and personality. At this point, m14 should rather show unified positions, and not show anything else than unanimity on the political scene, just to show contrast with m8. The way I see it, it is an act of good faith to say "you want to talk...fine...let's talk". We all agree on the matter of principle that you cannot talk with gunpoint at your head, but we should be over that now. We have elections in a year and we must show unity on all fronts. If this dialogue is a fiction...well, they can say it, during the dialogue, and leave. They will have shown a broader mind, unity and homogeneity with their principles.
08 June 2012, 17:24
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beiruti! What principles? Have FT ever had any??? Please! Their only leitmotiv is to counter the current M8 lead gvt on every single initiative they take! Just heke me7en and a7er!!! Lek like dogs they will come to the table! All people are praising this initiative and FT have principles? Even Amin is ok.
Aslan there has never and there will never be anything called M14. They are divided or spending vacation abroad!!!!
08 June 2012, 22:34
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"Lek like dogs they will come to the table!"
look at the way M8 supporters want a dialogue = by insulting the others and treating them like dogs! and then he asks for dialogue? what a farce!
begin by stopping barking like dogs and step down from your arrogance...
you have a very bad complex of superiority coming from the fact that you hide between the legs of hezb who has the arms and you just behave like a chiwawa pretending he s a bulldog... that is what all M8 is about 3aw 3aw!
