BEIRUT: The Future parliamentary bloc Thursday urged Lebanon’s foreign minister to summon Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdul-Karim Ali over what it said were abusive remarks against Arab states.
The Future bloc “denounced the abusive comments and accusations made by the ambassador of the Syrian regime to Lebanon in a television interview against Arab and sisterly countries; and calls on the foreign minister to summon him,” the coalition said after its weekly meeting.
The bloc, which met under its head Fouad Siniora, also commented on the scene outside the Syrian Embassy in suburban Yarze last week when Syrian expatriates voted “in the so-called Syrian presidential election.”
Future expressed “surprise” that Syrian agents in Lebanon and their allies who remain active inside the country continue “to repeat boring shows through exploiting the influence and the weapons of Hezbollah and its aides to pressure and intimidate Syrian refugees living under difficult conditions.”
There had been unconfirmed reports that voters were intimidated into participating in the May 29-30 voting for expats.
The Future bloc also congratulated Egyptian President-elect Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi on his landslide victory in last week’s presidential election.
"The Arab world desperately needs Egypt to re-establish its role – given its strategic political, Arab and Islamic position – in order to restore the balance that has prevailed in the past several decades due to dangerous developments that the region had witnessed," the statement read by Future MP Ammar Houri said.
The bloc also hailed the new Palestinian unity government and expressed hope that Fatah and Hamas would continue to pursue and achieve unity among the various Palestinian factions.
Regarding the ongoing debate over the powers of the Cabinet, Future said the government “must work to continue to manage the affairs of the country ... and people’s day-to-day affairs ... as stipulated by the Constitution.”
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