mmorning.com, Will you take part in any action intended to remove the president from office?
No removal, unless circumstances are such as will convince the president to resign.

Would you be in favor of his resignation?
If that could resolve a national crisis, I think he would himself agree to do it.

President Lahoud has laid down a condition for his resignation, which is that you should be his successor.
I thank him for his confidence, but in addition to his confidence there are other factors, particularly the opinion of the Christian community. I know that I have the confidence of the Christians, even though many people claim otherwise. I don

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud hit back at his critics in parliament charging that their campaign to oust him was inspired by foreign powers and an affront to the country's sovereignty. In an unprecedented open letter in the French-language L'Orient-Le Jour newspaper, Lahoud insisted that it was not his allies in Damascus who were in breach of a 2004 UN Security Council resolution demanding respect for Lebanon's independence, but his critics' pro-Israeli backers.

"Today, the supposed majority in parliament is trying, with the help of foreign powers, to divide the Lebanese people with the well-known goal of weakening Lebanon," the under-fire president wrote on Monday."These supposed champions of our sovereignty ... began by taking control of parliament ... then installed in cabinet a majority of ministers in their pay ... and now they've launched a campaign of incitement and disinformation ... in a bid to seize the sole institution they don't control -- the presidency."

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