Geagea: If Only Hizbullah Would Leave the Lebanese People Alone
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea hoped on Tuesday that Hizbullah would allow the government to perform its duties in order for it to protect the Lebanese people’s rights.
He said after holding talks with the Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammed Mustapha Toufic: “If only Hizbullah would leave the Lebanese people alone.”
He made his statement while commenting on a remark by a Hizbullah official in which he said that Lebanon has the right to drill for oil and natural gas in its exclusive economic zone without taking into consideration United Nations demands.
“The Lebanese government alone represents Lebanon and guarantees the citizens’ interests,” Geagea noted.
“Hizbullah is not allowing the government that it formed carry out its duties,” he added.
On the March 8 camp’s objection to the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, he said: “Some sides in Lebanon reject the idea of trials.”
“The opinions and positions of the majority of the Lebanese people are being disregarded,” he stated.
Furthermore, he questioned claims that the STL lack credibility given the numerous resignations that have taken place among its staff.
The LF leader renewed his condemnation of the Lebanese government’s position on Syria’s ongoing infiltration of Lebanese territory, slamming some individuals’ justification of the infiltration to the lack of clear borders between the two countries.
“Some sides want Lebanon to remain an open ground for settling scores among foreign powers,” Geagea noted.
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