Aoun surrounded by ‘disappointments’ August 17, 2013 12:18 AM By Hasan Lakkis The Daily Star Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun is experiencing a cooling-off in ties with several former allies, and his recent meeting with President Michel Sleiman did little to break the ice between the two men, who have been at odds on a range of issues. Aoun appeared in a television interview on his OTV Wednesday, but according to sources close to the FPM, he declined to go into detail about these disputes. The sources said that Aoun was disappointed with developments on a number of domestic fronts, whether these involve dealing with Lebanon’s Syria refugee crisis, or earlier battles over the parliamentary election law, the extension of Parliament’s mandate and the extension of the mandate of Army Commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi. They said he was also unhappy with the way that his ostensible allies in the government had approached draft laws proposed by FPM politicians, especially those dealing with oil and gas exploration. Only Aoun’s Armenian allies remain in his Change and Reform bloc, after ties with Suleiman Franjieh’s Marada Movement took a turn for the worse, the sources said. However, Aoun has commissioned opinion polls and remains confident because they show that his popularity in Christian areas has not dipped, despite the setbacks. Read more: dailystar.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2013/Aug-17/227643-aoun-surrounded-by-disappointments.ashx#ixzz2cIFRWEWG
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 04:55:11 +0000
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