Things Fall Apart

I do not want to comment in detail on Aoun's six-point "salvation" plan, because it doesn't really warrant it. Blacksmith Jade has an excellent post on Aoun's proposal, which expresses what I would have wrote, only better. Suffice it to say that Aoun's plan is insanely undemocratic, unconstitutional, and against the interests of the March 14 coalition that the fact it was rejected should not come as a surprise, or be lamented.

The real problem is that we're heading in the wrong direction -- the "salvation" proposals are getting further and further away from actually achieving consensus than they were a month ago. In the entire time it took for Aoun to make his proposal and for March 14 to shoot it down, I had Thanksgiving dinner. And at this moment, the two sides have 15 hours to reach consensus before the whole process really flies off the rails. Sorry, I just don't see it happening.

March 14 has announced they'll go to Parliament tomorrow and elect a President based on a simple majority. If they do, good for them -- though announcing their intentions the day before makes them seem unsure of their own cause. They should have agreed among themselves weeks ago about a contingency plan, should this day come about. Anyway, I'll believe it when I see it. I'm learning not to trust that yesterday's news will evolve into tomorrow's facts in this situation.