Franjieh: Don’t Sell Your Conscience

The head of the Marada movement, former minister Sleiman Franjieh, issued a televised statement to the Lebanese in Australia on Saturday urging them to come to Lebanon on June 7th and vote at the parliamentary elections.

"Some come to you and offer money, we know the sources of these funds, our regions are only represented by their people, those that go to Australia to work won't sell their conscience for money," the Marada leader said.

"We thank all those that come from Australia to practice their right to vote," Franjieh said. "We affirm that we have no differences with the FPM, we are allied with those that were against Syria at the time when being an enemy of Syria lead to defeat," he added.

"To say that a majority governs and a minority opposes is true at numerical democracies but not in Lebanon that can only be governed through consensus," the former minister emphasized. "Any one not wishing to share in governing contributes to a tense situation," he concluded.