Nicolas Nahhas to Saniora: Rafik Hariri's Legacy Belongs to All Lebanese
Economy Minister Nicolas Nahhas on Sunday hit back at the head of the Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc, former premier Fouad Saniora, over the latter’s remarks in which he wondered whether Prime Minister Najib Miqati was designated as a premier to “eradicate” ex-PM Rafik Hariri’s legacy.
“I regret that these remarks were voiced by ex-PM Saniora, who knows PM Miqati quite well,” Nahhas, who is close to Miqati, said.
“The legacy of martyr premier Rafik Hariri belongs to all the Lebanese, not to one group only,” Nahhas stressed.
He noted that the name of the slain premier “should not be used in the political game, especially that PM Miqati had announced, since the first day, that there will be no vengeful acts.”
Commenting on the fact that the new government comprises four ministers who hail from the northern city of Tripoli, Miqati’s hometown, Saniora said earlier on Sunday that Tripoli was not in need of “cosmetics.”
Tripoli "rather needs someone to truly represent its true essence and patriotic and Arab spirit which is committed to Lebanon and the Taef Accord. It (Tripoli) was expecting someone to seek to prevent strife rather than to ignite it, whether intentionally or unintentionally,” Saniora added.
He called on President Michel Suleiman and PM Miqati to shoulder their “historic responsibility” in preventing any vengeful acts against the members of the new opposition or any civil servant affiliated with the March 14 camp.
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