Geagea Says Resistance outside State Authority Illegitimate, Urges Election of 'Strong' March 14 President
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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed during a rally marking the ninth anniversary of the March 14 “Independence Uprising” on Friday that “any resistance outside state's authority” is “illegitimate,” calling on his coalition to endorse a “strong” March 14 presidential nominee even if there are “several candidates.”
“The previous and current experiences of the Lebanese with Hizbullah and its allies have proven that they do not have any consideration for the Lebanese state and the future of the Lebanese and their security, neither for their own commitments and pledges,” Geagea said via video link from Maarab, addressing the rally that was held at the BIEL exhibition center in Beirut.
And as he noted that Hizbullah and its allies “closed the doors of discussions over the policy statement … from the very first moment, when they rejected any debate over their arms and declared the death of the Baabda Declaration,” Geagea underlined that “any resistance outside the state's authority, decision and arms is illegitimate.”
“Hizbullah cannot go fight the Syrians then try to convince the Lebanese that the Syrians were going to attack them anyway under the pretext of the presence of takfiris,” Geagea said.
“Does Hizbullah understand the threat this involvement poses to the existence of the Lebanese entity itself? Should what was written in Iran be carefully implemented even if that was at Lebanon's expense?” Geagea asked.
“Hizbullah did not consult the Lebanese when it got involved in Syria but its acts make them bear the consequences of this involvement. Hizbullah cannot continue its involvement and then ask the Lebanese to form 'Sahwa' armed groups to defend it,” he stressed.
Commenting on the issue of the new cabinet which the LF had boycotted over the presence of Hizbullah ministers in it, Geagea added: “Yes and "one thousand Yes's" to dialogue, but No and "one thousand No's" to entrapment, anesthetization and passing time under the pretext of dialogue."
“Our problem with the current cabinet is related to the presence of a fundamental contradiction between two projects: the project of the state and the project of the statelet. One is made of gold and the other is made of wood. We had rejected the formation of a 'cabinet of contradictions' from the very beginning,” he said.
Referring to the recent war of words between Hizbullah and President Michel Suleiman on whether the so-called “army-people-resistance equation” was “wooden” or “golden,” Geagea said: “We did not want the gold to mix with wood and lose its value, but rather to remain gold.”
“The dispute over the policy statement is not a matter of textual maneuvering or disagreements over the wording, but rather a normal reflection of this contradiction between two projects, as the 'golden project' is seeking to return the political decision to the state and only the state, while the 'wooden project' is seeking to usurp its political and military decision,” Geagea explained.
He accused Hizbullah and its allies of seeking “a fictional state dedicated to servicing their interests,” noting that “they want to usurp its resources and monopolize its political and military decisions.”
Turning to the issue of the upcoming presidential vote, Geagea pointed out that the presence of several March 14 presidential candidates does not justify choosing someone who doesn't belong to this coalition.
He said March 14's “main mission” in the current period must be exerting efforts to secure the election of a “strong” Lebanese president from the March 14 coalition with the aim of “correcting the course of events, pulling Lebanon out of its dire situation and establishing the aspired state.”
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14 March 2014, 18:53
Geagea: The presence of several March 14 presidential candidates does not justify choosing someone who doesn't belong to this coalition.
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14 March 2014, 18:39
Geagea: Hizbullah did not consult the Lebanese when it got involved in Syria but its acts make them bear the consequences of this involvement. Hizbullah cannot continue its involvement and then ask the Lebanese to form "Sahwa" armed groups to defend it.
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14 March 2014, 18:37
Geagea: Treating the symptoms of the disease without addressing its fundamental causes will keep the deteriorating situations unchanged.
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14 March 2014, 18:37
Geagea: It is true that the issue of terrorists has been a nightmare for the Lebanese over the past months, but the Lebanese were not living a rosy dream before that, as the series of assassinations, security chaos and illegitimate arms, as well as the paralysis in state institutions and involvement in foreign wars that they created, had all existed before the recent months in Lebanon, and paved the ground, in one way or another, for terror and terrorists.
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14 March 2014, 18:37
Geagea: Attributing the difficult problems that Lebanon has been facing since a long time to the issue of the takfiri terrorists exclusively does not accurately reflect the Lebanese situation.
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14 March 2014, 18:37
Geagea: As for the resistance, we say that any resistance outside the state's authority, decision and arms is illegitimate.
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14 March 2014, 18:34
Geagea: They want a fictional state dedicated to servicing their interests. They want to usurp its resources and monopolize its political and military decisions.
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14 March 2014, 18:33
Geagea: The dispute over the policy statement is not a matter of textual maneuvering or disagreements over the wording, but rather a normal reflection of this contradiction between two projects, as the "golden project" is seeking to return the political decision to the state and only the state, while the "wooden project" is seeking to usurp its political and military decision.
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14 March 2014, 18:33
Geagea: We did not want the gold to mix with wood and lose its value, but rather to remain gold.
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14 March 2014, 18:32
Geagea: Our problem with the current cabinet is related to the presence of a fundamental contradiction between two projects: the project of the state and the project of the statelet. One is made of gold and the other is made of wood. We had rejected the formation of a "cabinet of contradictions" from the very beginning.
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14 March 2014, 18:32
Geagea: Yes and "one thousand Yes's" to dialogue, but No and "one thousand No's" to entrapment, anesthetization and passing time under the pretext of dialogue.
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14 March 2014, 18:30
Geagea: What God gathered of values, principles, aspirations, dreams and goals on the moment of March 14 (2005) will not go in vain because of a government or a ruler.
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14 March 2014, 18:29
Geagea: We return this year while our ranks are not complete as the hand of evil has targeted another one of us. Mohammed Shatah, through your assassination the forces of evil, takfirism, extremism and obscurantism have won one round while the forces of moderation, dialogue, peace, sovereignty, freedom and independence have lost one of their pioneers.
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14 March 2014, 18:28
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea at March 14 rally commemorating 9th anniversary of "Independence Uprising": How would the Cedar Revolution benefit if it gained the entire world and lost its soul and cause?
14 March 2014, 19:05
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Logic but forgot that we are in Lebanon!! corruption, war, hate, uncivilzed, religion, unstabilty, economical crizis, and much more...
Need solution?? kill them all and start again. Over.
14 March 2014, 20:07
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Syria intervened long before the Civil war started by arming their proxies (Palestenians, Baathists, SSNP, etc.) in Lebanon throughout the 60s and early 70s. Then as soon as the civil war started they infiltrated throughout on a large scale using Sa3eqa and Syrian soldiers disquised as Saeqa. They played the spoiler role forcing the Pro-Syria Franjieh to assk for direct intervention. The Assads of Syria are the reason we had a weak Republic and armed foreigners on our land.
14 March 2014, 20:20
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Stop this non-sense; the Lebanese Army needs to defend; this will not be any more execuse for destroying the country... BS
15 March 2014, 03:42
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A collaborator who is also a criminal on death row who was released from jail in the filthiest deal between criminals is illegitimate.
