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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 |
Lebanese President Emil Lahoud has attributed the current insecurity in his
country to the Israeli regime's racial policies in the region.
"The racist regime of Israel can't stand seeing Lebanese groups and people
living in peace side by side because their coexistence puts its entity at risk,"
said Lahoud in his meeting with a group of Lebanese politicians on Monday.
According to IRIB, the president took swipe at elements inside the country who
curry favor with the outsiders hatching plots against the Lebanese nation,
saying, "Any effort which damages the people's unity is in fact a betrayal of
the country."
The term of incumbent President Emile Lahoud is due to expire in November, and
elections are currently scheduled for September 25 to decide his successor.
The Hezbollah-led opposition group, which insists on formation of a unity
government, has refused to commit to the parliament session to traditionally
elect a new president, stressing president should be directly elected by the
nation.
But the pro-government majority says there will be no unity government without
such a commitment.
For the past seven months, the US-backed government has been paralyzed since six
anti-government ministers quit Siniora's cabinet, charging it with riding
roughshod over the power-sharing arrangements in force since the 1975-1990 civil
war.
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