NNA - Aoun and March 8 relentlessly strive to create political vacuum in the country, prominent pro-Hariri deputy of the House Boutros Harb, told al-Liwa' daily newspaper today. Army presence in Dahyeh and Baalbeck are a mere formality, he charged.



As Hizbullah decided to cast aside the Lebanese co-existential formula, the party embarked on a course of blocking the formation of a new government using in this looming party armed threat. Not even that, the party blocks both president of the Republic Sleiman and prime minister-designate Salam from dispensating their duties in accordance with accepted constitutional norms and practice, Harb added.



March 8 cabinet ministers have effectively turned their ministries into private fiefdoms characterized by widespread fraud and corruption, Harb went on.



Aoun could have had worked to contain the issue of the displaced, instead, he incapacitated both state and presidency, he charged. As for the role of the Lebanese military, they only function in as-far-as they are licensed by the party of God to do so, Harb concluded.


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