Geagea during Ceremony Adopting LF By-Laws: This Cabinet is that of Blatant Hegemony
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea slammed the new government on Tuesday, describing it as one of blatant hegemony.
He asked during a ceremony adopting the LF by-laws: “How can we explain the formation of such a government during the period in which the region is witnessing radical change?”
“Lebanon, which has always spearheaded democracy in the Middle East, is now taking several steps back through inexplicable official practices,” he added.
“This is demonstrated through the offensive statements and threats of exile issues by some of its members and other political figures,” he said indirectly referring to Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun’s statements that former Prime Minister Saad Hariri should be given a one-way-ticket and remain abroad in Paris.
“The least that can be said of the government is that it belongs to out-dated Arab regimes,” Geagea noted.
“How can we explain the arrest of refugees fleeing the tragedies of revolution and their forced return to their homeland where they will be met with certain death?” he asked.
“How can we explain Lebanon’s position at the United Nations Security Council, which appears to be approving the bloody suppression of revolts in more than one Arab state?” he continued.
“At the height of the out-dated Arab regimes, the Lebanese people never accepted to be humiliated, so do you expect them to agree to it now? No, a thousand times no,” he declared.
“It’s touching that we are adding a new component to Lebanon’s democracy at a time when the Arab peoples are revolting in demand of freedom and human dignity,” he added.
“When the LF agreed to the national charter and the construction of the state at the end of the 1980s, not many believed that it would succeed after it laid down its weapons,” he said.
“The adoption of the by-laws is a central point it its ongoing democratic mission,” Geagea stressed.
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