The Independence Movement announced in a statement the suspension of its participation in the public manifestations that were planned for Thursday 13th April. It explained that this came after the President of the Republic Michel Aoun decided to use his constitutional powers as per article 59 to suspend the activities of the Assembly for a month.
On the occasion, the Independence Movement thanked all the partisans that had contacted it and had gotten ready for the participation, with all the needed preparations arranged.
The Independence Movement also called all its partisans and supporters to always remain ready for action against any attempt to extend the Parliament’s mandate.
Earlier, the Independence Movement had issued the following statement:
“Following the persistence in the trend of breaking down the constitutional institutions and the democratic Parliamentary Regime through two previous extensions of the Parliament’s mandate which were against the Constitution, and through blocking the democratic process of voting on the Legislative Elections law projects presented to the Parliament;
and as the impudence reached the level of presenting a draft law for an additional 1-year extension of the Parliament’s mandate, which was already extended twice,
the Independence Movement calls for a strong participation in the manifestations to take place in Beirut around the Parliament, aimed against the extension of the Parliament’s mandate, and calling for the ratification of a new elections law that ensures the proper representativeness of all the political components of the country.”
The earlier statement had added:
“Enough disrespect to the Lebanese’s will. Let our slogan tomorrow be: No for the extension.”
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