NaharNet, Lebanon
May 30 2009

Aoun Labels Geagea an ‘Executioner’

Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun on Saturday slammed
Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea labeling him an "executioner" who
put all his victims in a single electoral list.

Geagea is an "executioner who was able to gather all his victims in a
single electoral list," Aoun told a Change and Reform bloc rally at
the Forum de Beyrouth.

He vowed to liberate the Lebanese from repression if his party wins
the June 7 elections.

"We are now in a stage of liberation from a hereditary repression that
lasted for years," he told the crowd.

"Our Christian belief urges us to forgive those who harmed us, but we
should only forgive those who repent," he added.

MP Ibrahim Kanaan also said during the rally: "Your victory in Metn
district means end of family monopoly, the fall of financial feudalism
and fall of authority and power."

"You will tell your children in the future that you are the ones who
produced the Third Republic on June 7, 2009," he said.

MP Hagop Pakradounian, in his turn, said: "We want a Lebanon strong
with its army and a Lebanon represented by all factions."

"We are not ashamed of our alliances and from our past," he added.

For those who doubt the enthusiasm of the Armenians, Pakradounian
said: "The resolve of the Armenian citizen did not weaken. We are in
the heart of the battle."

Beirut, 30 May 09, 20:46

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress