Hariri: Nasrallah's Rhetoric Dims Hopes for President, Settles Political Scores with Saudi Arabia
Al-Mustaqbal movement leader Saad Hariri criticized on Saturday Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's position saying that the latter has linked the fate of Lebanon's presidency to that in Syria, dimming the hopes to have a head of state.
“Sayyed Hassan has announced that Lebanon will not have a president before knowing the fate of the presidency in Syria,” said Hariri via twitter.
“The whole rhetoric of Sayyed Hassan on the interior situation in Lebanon means that nothing will move forward,” the ex-Premier added.
Disputes between March 8 and March 14 alliance have thwarted so far any attempt to elect a head of state, as Lebanon witnesses a vacuum at the top Christian post since May 2014 when the term of President Michel Suleiman ended.
“Sayyed Hassan believes that Lebanon is perfect grounds for Iranian politics. He believes that the Christians are a major component in Lebanon's existence, but pledges a head of state who covers the presence of Hizbullah and its influence in a number of countries,” Hariri underscored.
The ex-Premier also criticized Nasrallah's positions on the Mena incident in Saudi Arabia saying: “Nasrallah intersects with the Iranian position, taking advantage of the Mena incident as a means to settle political records with Saudi Arabia.”
717 pilgrims lost their lives on Thursday's during the annual Muslim pilgrimage which came just weeks after a crane collapse in the holy city of Mecca that killed more than 100 pilgrims, many of them foreigners.
Iran, Hizbullah's ally, got furious that 136 of its people died in the stampede and blamed Sunni rival Saudi Arabia and says it is unfit to manage the pilgrimage.
On Hizbullah's involvement in the fighting in Syria, Hariri said: “Nasrallah is acting like he is Iran's high commissioner in Syria and takes the right to negotiate on Zabadani, al-Fouaa and other regions.
“He denies any Iranian involvement in Syria, and that is hilarious and surprising," concluded Hariri.
Source: Naharnet
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