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Originally Posted by TonyFPM Does anybody have an idea about what Georges Kassarji said? |
MP George Kasarji of the National bloc, an ally of the Change and Reform bloc, on Thursday said that MP Michel Aoun had made a mistake by distributing the quotas and the ministerial seats in the new cabinet unfairly, as he excluded the National bloc and the Tashnaq party.
He told NOW Lebanon that he criticized Aoun’s decision on the personal level and has not committed the bloc or the Tashnaq party to adopting his position.
He added that he was just expressing his convictions and would not change his political status.
“My relationship with Aoun and the Change and Reform MPs is good, but I don’t like unilateralism and dictatorship in taking positions on the political level, the reason for my disagreement with Aoun.”
Kasarji had said earlier to Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anbaa, “Aoun totally realizes that the Ministry of Agriculture, given National bloc head MP Elias Skaff, is not a service ministry and limits the minister’s work. For that reason, many people were disappointed.”
He added that Skaff deserved a services portfolio to prove his capacities and improve communication with the Arab World and on the national level.
Kasarji also questioned whether Change and Reform bloc MPs were ineligible to be ministers instead of Gebran Bassil and Mario Aoun, adding that Michel Aoun should have honored the MPs who were insulted on a daily basis because of their political positions.
He said that the distribution process was within the same family, and the Lebanese people were questioning whether “the genetic family disease attacked Aoun.”
“The Armenian bloc might ally with MP Michel Al-Murr during the 2009 elections, especially in the northern Metn area, and the alliance between the National bloc and the Change and Reform bloc will be discussed later on,” Kasarji concluded.