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October 5, 2011

Now Lebanon - Mikati “has no right” to commit to STL funding, Aoun says, October 5, 2011

Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Najib Mikati “does not have the right” to commit his government to funding the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).
“I am not ready to pay illegitimate and unconstitutional funds [to the STL] and let those who want that to pay it from their own wealth,” he told the press following his bloc’s weekly meeting.
Aoun also called for quickly finalizing the administrative appointments, adding that his bloc will “oppose appointing any incompetent people.”
“This matter can no longer bear any delay and I think that we have the biggest role in appointing people on the basis of [skills] and ethics.”
The Change and Reform bloc leader criticized Parliamentary Energy Commission head MP Mohammad Qabbani, saying the latter is obstructing a draft fuel bill in the parliament.
“The obstruction of laws [in the parliament] harms the country,” Aoun said, but did not elaborate further.
Concerning the Syrian crisis, he said that the situation has “calmed down,” adding that “those who want to change the status in Syria will not be able to.”
“We have told you that [Syrian President Bashar] al-Assad will not be ousted and that reforms will be implemented.”
The UN says that the Syrian regime’s crackdown on protests that erupted in mid-March has killed more than 2,700 people. 

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