In an interview with “Al-Hadath – Al-Arabiya” Channel on Wednesday, former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora considered that “the position of Grand Mufti Abdul Latif Derian and Dar Al-Fatwa is good with regards to the call to partake in the May 15 elections.”
“There is no doubt that the call by some for the Lebanese not to participate in the electoral day comes as a misinterpreted and inaccurate reading of what former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said,” Siniora explained in response to a question, stressing that all claims that PM Hariri has asked the Lebanese and Muslims not to participate in the elections as voters are baseless.
He asserted that all Lebanese voters, especially the Sunnite community, are called upon to massively practice their voting rights, as confirmed by Dar Al-Fatwa and His Eminence the Mufti, “because failing to partake in the elections leads to facilitating the process of forging the will of the Lebanese and the will of Muslims.”
At the regional level, Siniora stressed Lebanon’s Arab identity and belonging and its keenness on its close relations with Arab countries, and on not being a tool to be used by regional powers to obtain gains in the negotiations they are conducting with the major countries. “This is not in the interest of the Lebanese and neither in the interest of young men and women, whom we now expect to show a significant turnout in the elections, and not to listen to those who try to distort their will or divert their attention from seeing the main problem that Lebanon suffers from, which is the problem of the hijacked state of Lebanon,” he said.
Siniora asserted that Lebanese young men and women are called upon “to clearly define the correct vision and view of Lebanon and its future,” and that their “performance and effort are incumbent on encouraging all Lebanese to participate in these elections.”
Source: National News Agency