BEIRUT, Lebanon - Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun warned that the Hizbullah-led opposition will raid all government institutions, including the Serail, if the ruling coalition elected a President by a simple majority.

Aoun also warned against "confrontation" in the event that the majority March 14 Forces resorted to electing a new head of state by a half-plus-one vote of the MPs or if the status quo continued.

"When a popular action takes place, everything will be raided," Aoun said in an interview with the satellite Al-Jazeera news network.

Aoun accused March 14 of trying to "completely eliminate" the opposition.

"We have given up a lot of our demands. What is left for us is to pack our bags and leave the country," Aoun said.

Aoun reiterated that "going back to the people" was the best alternative for deciding on the next president.

"Let the people vote for the next president, and not just a few leaders," he insisted.

The FMP leader assured that he would "never sell Lebanon to Syria," and that he had proven throughout his career that he could "safeguard Lebanon."

Aoun said he and former President Amin Gemayel would together form a "moderate Christian group," and uncovered that this union would soon be made official.

On his Paris meetings with parliamentary majority leader Saad Hairi, Aoun said that he "agreed with Hariri on most of the controversial issues." -Naharnet