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Saturday, 07 April 2007 |
The Higher Shiite Council said Thursday that attempts to internationalize the
Lebanese crisis under the pretext of calling for the approval of a special
tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri
would only worsen the deadlock.
In a statement issued after its monthly meeting, the council called on all
Lebanese officials to abide by the Constitution.
"The council warns against the obvious violation of the Constitution ... since a
certain Lebanese party is trying to monopolize [authority]," the statement said,
referring to the March 14 Forces.
"What is more, that party is trying to attack constitutional institutions and
Parliament's role," the statement added. "This promotes the logic of
constitutional and political chaos which will lead Lebanon into the unknown,
should it continue."
The council highlighted what it described as the "dangerous" situation in the
region due to US policies.
The council also praised the Lebanese Army for its efforts to maintain security
and stressed the need to provide Palestinian refugees with the right of return
to their homeland and establish a Palestinian state, which it said, "is the
basis of stability in the whole region."
Meanwhile, senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah warned
religious figures against taking part in the ongoing political discord.
"This might intensify the current divisions and aggravate the political
situation in the country, leading to political and non-political explosions,"
Fadlallah said in a statement.
Fadlallah said recent visits by Western officials did not aim to hammer out
solutions to the four-month-old political deadlock, but to exert more pressure
on the country.
"Those who represent Lebanese society, whether they are MPs or officials
occupying social, economic and political posts, should play their role and
express their own stands instead of echoing requests made by foreign officials,"
Fadlallah said.
He also urged the American people to keep US President George W. Bush under
control.
"Bush's new adventures might attack the world economy and have destructive
repercussions on the Middle East," he warned.
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