Hizbullah Tells Baabda It Won't Attend Monday Dialogue Session
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Hizbullah officially announced Sunday its boycott of a national dialogue session scheduled for Monday, after party chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah hinted Saturday that the group's representative was inclined to shun the all-party talks.
“We have informed officials at the presidential palace in Baabda that the party has decided not to take part in tomorrow's session,” head of Hizbullah's Loyalty to Resistance bloc MP Mohammed Raad told al-Manar TV.
In addition to Hizbullah, several political forces from across the political spectrum have announced their boycott of Monday's session.
The Lebanese Forces, the Marada Movement, the Lebanese Democratic Party and the Syrian Social National Party have said they will not attend the talks.
Earlier on Sunday, Suleiman expressed regret over the decision by several parties not to attend the all-party talks.
“I hope that the parties that decided to boycott the National Dialogue would participate in upcoming sessions,” Suleiman said.
“Let us continue discussions on the defense strategy to fortify the army's capabilities and put arms under the state's control,” he added. Suleiman also lauded the Baabda Declaration, saying: “It was adopted by the International community.”
Sources close to Suleiman told An Nahar newspaper in remarks published Sunday that “any decision to postpone the national dialogue session will be based on the stances of the parties.”
The rift increased recently between Suleiman and Hizbullah after the president described the so-called people-army-resistance formula as "wooden", or outdated, during a speech at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK) in February.
Suleiman's comments angered Hizbullah, which accused him of not being able to differentiate between “what's golden and what's wooden."
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah lashed out anew at Suleiman in a televised speech on Saturday without naming him, hinting that the party was inclined to boycott the dialogue session.
“What is golden remains golden, even if someone changes their opinion about it and said it became wooden … Others' description of things does not change the reality of these things,” said Nasrallah.
“We insist more than any other group on holding the presidential elections at the earliest possible time; we even call for an early vote to establish a new phase, resume dialogue over a defense strategy and get the country out of its problems,” he added.
30 March 2014, 21:00
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but why???? The terror party always claimed they care about lebanon; they defend lebanon; they are not sectarian; and are ready always to discuss how best to protect lebanon.
31 March 2014, 02:51
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'Flamethrower..... 7 hours ago 88
cedre "not apologist, just giving a cause-effect explanation..."
you're a liar and everybody read how you qualified a recent suicide bomber as a 'batal'.'
give us the link or admit u're a pathetic liar...
31 March 2014, 04:32
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prove it, use google, ask other people or admit u're a taqiya liar...
30 March 2014, 21:02
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oh! how surprising that hezbis and their lackeys boycott! unless the dialogue is not a hezbi monologue of course they will never attend! they do not want dialogue but just to impose their strategy not the lebanese strategy as loyal servants to the iranian revolution they are! with the full support of all antilebanese M8ers....
30 March 2014, 21:12
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I think that Suleiman raised his rethoric vs HA and took the extremist role, in order to make M14 and especially Mustakbal appear more center.
Now HA is saying "i wont talk while suleiman is president, but when the new pres comes in, and with mustakbal I will be flexible to prove my good will."
30 March 2014, 21:18
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extremist role?! really!! By asking HA to abide by the Baabda declaration and to withdraw from Syria that makes the President extremist in his stance?.... We say we want a strong president and when the president takes a national strong stance we criticize him.
30 March 2014, 22:01
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ex fpm.
I am not critisizing the prez. I am just saying that he went out of his way to choose a position which is firmer than mustakbal vis a vis HA, and that in itself makes HIM opposition and mustakbal more centrist. And this is a good tactic.
30 March 2014, 22:16
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lebanon_first, I think the President is taking a Lebanese stand. Baabda was supposedly agreed by all and the president is calling all of them on it. The BS army-people-resistance golden mantra had to go, there can only be one armed force the LAF.
30 March 2014, 21:13
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Why they should attend if they can't commit to a single decision or idea?
This is a deja vue discussion, they have signed before the Baabda disassociation policy and then as soon as they have digested the food they ate in Baabda they have changed their mind because the Syrian food tasted better for them.
30 March 2014, 21:21
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No surprise there at all. HA could care less about Lebanon as long as its sectarian agenda is in full force. This is a clear message to what kind of president they want and they will do anything and everything to torpedo the elections.
30 March 2014, 21:55
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Souther most of us are 100% against all terrorist… but you and the other M8 ding-dongs are the ones supporting the Iranian terrorist militia and praising the cowardly chief terrorist hiding in his bunker. Btw when is Nasrallah going to jump out of his hole and wipe out the Israeli/wahabi cannibals in Syria?
30 March 2014, 22:23
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Your naivete and ignorance becomes more apparent with every sentence you write, Josepahni.
30 March 2014, 22:55
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Hello scorpion
Hope things are ok with you and life is treating you well
30 March 2014, 22:44
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Southern, cut the 2006 BS… the Hizbullah militia brought the Israelis to Lebanon by the Ayatollahs orders to take pressure off Hamas. Don't forget Nasrallah's famous words "If only I knew" and the only thing that came out of that catastrophe was more death and distraction to Lebanon.
Hizbullah is part of the Iranian Guard and that is all there is to it, they are fighting in Syria to prop up their Axis partner Assad… there is Nothing Lebanese about them.
30 March 2014, 23:16
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yeah right ft, lebanon is safest, more stable and with less refugees since HizbIran is killing people in syria...
30 March 2014, 23:18
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T
hey are emulating their Master, Iran. Everyone knows that Iranians speak from both sides of their mouths ;they are quick to deny things that are apparently true to the international community and do so with conviction.
31 March 2014, 03:39
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What dialogue? President Sulaiman, wants to sell the country to Israel. No way for the Resistance, to participate in that.
31 March 2014, 12:04
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Mystic : "No way for the Resistance, to participate in that."
Khallas the resistance. The resistance is dead. There is no more resistance. It's a lie and it no longer exists.
And don't worry, we will not let your party of terrorists participate in anything until you drop your weapons and act as Lebanese patriots who answer to the Presidency and government whether or not you agree with it !
31 March 2014, 15:43
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you answer to Israel and Saudia not Lebanon. So spare me the lecture.
31 March 2014, 12:01
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Obviously ... KEZBALLAH is not interested in dialogue. It's not interested in cohabiting with the rest of the FREE LEBANESE people. It wants full and total control of Lebanon and the only way they will get this is by the force of weapons and by terrorizing the lebanese people !
31 March 2014, 12:35
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Iranian bootlicker… have you found any Zionist Cannibals hiding in your closet?
31 March 2014, 18:11
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If Hezbollah has no respect for the presidency they should be ruled out of the political landscape and have no say on the next president !
When they are summoned to a dialogue session and decide to avoid it, then it's their loss and dialogue should happen anyway !
