Re: The legitimacy of the government

On Nov 27, 6:38 am, BasilRathbone2...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Nov 27, 9:04 pm, "nadr" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Berri keeps on saying that the government is not legitimate. If so, why not
let the parliament meet to decide on this issue. Berri alone is acting
illegally to decide by himself whether the government is legal. Does Berri
think he controls the country like a Syrian dictator? He cliams he is the
guardian of legitimacy in Lebanon when he is a tool of Syrian and Iranian
interests.

I don't understand on what constitutional
basis is the government illegitimate? I mean the prime miniser is a
Sunni in accordance with the constitution. The majority of
parliamentarians support him including Sunnis. So what is so
illegitimate about the government? I am not sure what his
constitutional argument is...


The argument is that in accordance with Taif agreement all sects
should be represented in a government. The Amal/Hizbollah
argument is that since they walked out there is no longer a
Shiite representation in the government and thus no legitimacy.
The counter argument, is that Sanioura never accepted their
resignation, so the government still has Shiite representation.
In addition, these Shiite ministers did'nt want to give up their
privileges, so they kept drawing minister salaries and some of
them are still acting as ministers in order to further the patronage
of their cronies. Basically they want to be ministers to collect
money and influence, but not be ministers in order to make the
government non-representative and thus illigitimate.
That is the thief Berri and the Hizbollah traitors' logic.

On a side note just so you know how low this Berri character stoops.
A family friend is a doctor in the naqabet al atibba (the doctor's
union) he told me the story of this doctor who used to treat
Berri for free, because they lived in the same building in Barbour
and Berri was a struggling young lawyer at the time. So for years
this doctor provided medical services for free for Berri and his
family.
Then Berri became important during the civil war, so in the early
eighties,
the area around his house in Barbour became a closed military area
and only Berri's cars and his cronies were allowed to park in the
building.
By then the doctor became an octogenarian and could'nt walk half a
mile
every day from wherever he would park his car to his building which
happened to be where Berri lived as well. This older gentleman asked
Berri for some special dispensation due to his age so he could park
close
to his own home. Of course due to security concerns, Berri turned him
down.
This is the kind of person this Berri character is. To me that says
more
about his character than anything else.

Basil

Basil
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