Posted on 10/24/2005 5:08:45 PM PDT by ncountylee
BEIRUT: Batroun MP Boutros Harb launched a campaign Monday to unite Christian opinion in calling for the resignation of President Emile Lahoud. During a news conference held at his residence, Harb announced a "national initiative" comprising 11 items akin to a presidential political agenda, while expressing his willingness to lead and serve his country.
"I call upon Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir to take responsibility of this issue and to push things toward a positive change that preserves the concerned parties' dignity, realizes Lebanon's best interest, protects the Lebanese's rights and especially the Christians and the Maronites," he said.
"The Christians' responsibility to call for the president's resignation is inevitable in order to avoid transforming this national demand into a situation of public separation and sectarian confrontation," he added.
Harb said "the majority of MPs and Lebanese people" considered Lahoud "a symbol" of the former Lebanese-Syrian security system and his presence "contradicts with the principles of the March 14 uprising."
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