Geagea Says Disastrous Situation Could Only be Resolved by Neutral Cabinet
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea described the current situation in Lebanon as a “disaster,” reiterating his call for the formation of a so-called neutral government.
“This is a disaster for the Lebanese people, who are dying everyday on the roads while seeking their livelihoods amid the difficulties that the economy is confronting and bad living and security conditions,” Geagea told An Nahar newspaper.
“I already stressed ten months ago that the solution comes through a neutral cabinet from outside the March 8 and 14 alliances,” he said in remarks published on Wednesday.
“The president and the premier-designate should practice their constitutional authorities and immediately start with the formation of such a government,” he said.
A political cabinet will be stillborn, the LF chief stressed.
Geagea has rejected to take part in an all-embracing government after the rival leaders struck a deal to form a 24-member cabinet based on the 8-8-8 formula and the rotation of portfolios among sects.
He made his stance despite the approval of his ally in the March 14 alliance al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri to share power with the Hizbullah-led March 8 camp.
The cabinet however has faced the last obstacle of Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun, who has rejected the concept of rotation.
Asked about a mysterious drone that has been flying over his residence in Maarab, north of Beirut, Geagea said he contacted President Michel Suleiman, Premier-designate Tammam Salam, caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel and army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji over the issue.
“We received guarantees that the appropriate measures have been taken to prevent it from flying over Maarab,” Geagea told An Nahar.
LF MP Antoine Zahra said Tuesday that the drone would not be allowed to fly over Maarab, because it would be shot down by Geagea's guards.
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