Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya calls for elections without pre-conditions

by **Admin** Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:02 pm

Al
Jamaa Al-Islamiya’s politburo said in a statement that internal
stability is the responsibility of all Lebanese and noted that popular
movements in Christian regions calling for the election of Army
Commander General Sleiman might pressure MPs to elect him as president.

The statement also welcomed Arab and international efforts in support of a Lebanese solution.

It
also said that the continual postponement of the presidential-election
sessions is leading the Lebanese to believe that MPs are no longer
trustworthy and do not represent them.

Al-Jamaa
Al-Islamiya said that the election of the consensus presidential
candidate would lead to the convening of Speaker Nabih Berri’s dialogue.

Conditioning
the election to the results of a dialogue will only render things more
complicated and will prolong the crisis, the statement continued.

It
also called on political parties providing cover to the perpetrators of
the Zahle murders to lift the cover off them and help arrest them and
bring them to justice.