Aoun: I defend resistance arms since they benefit Lebanon

Local Editor, 24-12-2009

At a press conference after the weekly meeting of Change and Reform parliamentary bloc, Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Wednesday said that he defends the resistance arms because he believes that those arms profit Lebanon.

"Why does Geagea always imagine that the resistance is coming to Maarab after him? No one will come to Maarab after him," stressed Aoun.

Commenting on PM Saad Hariri visit to Syria, Aoun said that Hariri's visit restores positive ties and serves the real interests of the Lebanese and Syrian peoples.

Aoun described the challenge that will be filed by Phalange MPs before the Constitutional Council over article 6 of the ministerial statement as "against the law."

He added that the Constitutional Council revises electoral challenges and does not revise the ministerial Policy Statement, and likened the challenge to "family disputes among the ministers."

Aoun exposed that his parliamentary bloc is working on a joint plan with Progressive Socialist Party to facilitate the return of the displaced to Mount Lebanon, calling for development plans to encourage people to return to the mountains.

Aoun said that international resolutions are not always immediately implemented, "since Resolution 520 remained for long years without implementation."

He concluded that the International Bill for Human Rights, signed by Lebanon, gives legitimacy to the resistance.