Aoun for Gen. Suleiman heading Interim non-constitutional Cabinet!

by **Admin** Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:45 am

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Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun was quoted Friday as proposing a
compromise based on appointing Army Commander Gen. Michel Suleiman head
of an interim cabinet that would sponsor parliamentary elections.

George
al-Aaraj, representative of the so-called Liberal Tigers faction that
broke away from the National Liberal party, told reporters he discussed
with Aoun the idea that "Gen. Michel Suleiman, being the subject of
consensus, heads a transitional government that supervises
parliamentary elections."

"Gen.
Aoun said the idea is part of his perspective," Aaraj added, according
to a report distributed by the state-run National News Agency (NNA).

The
non-constitutional proposal appears aimed at averting efforts aimed at
facilitating the election of Suleiman president, which would drop Aoun
as a major factor to any settlement.

Only
an elected president can appoint a head of an interim government, a
post to which Aoun was appointed by ex-President Amin Gemayel when his
term came to an end late in the 1980s during the civil war.

The
post of president went vacant on Nov. 22 when former head of state
Emile Lahoud's term expired with parliament failing to elect a
successor.