Qaouq Says Hizbullah Flexible to Achieve Breakthrough over Cabinet, Electoral Crises
Top Hizbullah official Nabil Qaouq said on Thursday that the party is flexible and acting positively with the consultations concerning the formation of the cabinet and the adoption of a new electoral law.
“No one is being targeted as the nation's best interest states that all parties should be engaged in the process of the formation and the adoption of a draft-law,” Qaouq, who is the deputy head of the party's executive council, said.
Prime Minister-designate Salam has announced that he wants to form a 24-member government with rotational portfolios. He has also rejected having electoral candidates in the executive authority whose only mission would be the supervision of the parliamentary elections.
The political powers have also so far failed to reach an agreement on an alternative law, threatening to postpone the parliamentary elections that are scheduled for June 16.
Qaouq pointed out that despite the turmoil in the neighboring country Syria and the local division over it “Hizbullah is dealing with all parties locally.”
The official lashed out at the Arab League, accusing it of “instigating strife in Syria, arming it, obstructing any peaceful political solution and sending fighters to engage in battles in the country.”
In March, Arab League leaders gathered for an annual summit in Doha gave member states the "right" to offer Syrians all means of self-defense, including arms supplies.
On Tuesday evening, Hizbullah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged that members of his group are fighting inside Syria to help the Lebanese in Syria’s border town of al-Qusayr, assuring that the party prides itself in its martyrs.
He announced that Hizbullah fighters are defending holy places in the area, including, the Sayyeda Zainab shrine.
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