Qaouq: Policy Statement Not Mentioning Resistance Won't Win Parliament Confidence
Deputy head of Hizbullah's Executive Council Sheikh Nabil Qaouq stressed Sunday that the policy statement of the new cabinet will be “born dead” if it fails to mention resistance against Israel.
“The resistance is the soul of the policy statement and any statement without it will be dead and soulless and it won't win the confidence of the Lebanese or the parliament,” Qaouq warned during a memorial service held by Hizbullah in the southern town of Majdal Zoun.
“From 2005 until today, the March 14 forces have had a sole mission on the domestic scene which is backed by foreign forces: targeting the resistance,” Qaouq charged, noting that “they have not been able to achieve anything from this campaign and they have not been able to change 'a single letter of its letters'.”
And as the Hizbullah official voiced confidence that “the resistance today is going through the peak of its strength and golden days,” he pointed out that “the Israeli enemy is the first and last party that would benefit from the conspiracy of removing the resistance from the policy statement.”
“We in Hizbullah did not fight and resist for the sake of taking part in the cabinet; we rather took part in the cabinet for the sake of the resistance and we're willing to bear all insults and provocations for the sake of protecting the resistance,” Qaouq underlined.
He stated that “all those who are obstructing the policy statement know very well that they are asking for the impossible when they demand to remove the resistance equation from it.”
But Qaouq stressed that Hizbullah is keen on “accomplishing the policy statement and protecting the presidential vote out of its keenness on the country.”
“Let no one think that the resistance has facilitated the formation of the cabinet because the equation has changed or because it is weaker,” Qaouq emphasized.
The ministerial panel drafting the policy statement has so far failed to agree on a text despite holding nine meetings. Hizbullah has been insisting to include the “army-people-resistance” equation in the draft while President Michel Suleiman wants it to include a reference to the Baabda Declaration.
The March 14 camp has rejected Hizbullah's suggestion, advocating instead the president's position.
The committee will hold its tenth meeting on Tuesday.
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