Geagea Concerned Rival Camp May be Seeking 'New System'
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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has expressed concern that the rival Hizbullah-led coalition could be seeking a new political system in the country through its approach towards the stalled presidential vote, noting that the Sunni community in Lebanon is acting “under the pressure” of Hizbullah's fighting in Syria.
“Unfortunately, I don't see presidential elections in the foreseeable future,” Geagea said in an interview.
“We are now waiting,” the LF leader added.
The parliament has failed to elect a new president despite having held 15 electoral sessions since April 23 due to a sharp political rift between the rival camps.
The March 14 forces have been accusing the March 8 camp of impeding the election through its boycott of the sessions.
“We can hold the presidential vote despite the presence of a crisis in the region should one of these two blocs change its stance,” Geagea added, referring to the parliamentary blocs of Hizbullah and the Free Patriotic Movement.
“The issue is now more complicated than extension or no extension” of parliament's term, Geagea said, warning that “some parties' attempt to push the country towards total constitutional vacuum could be aimed at paving the way for a new (political) system, which is something we totally oppose in the current circumstances.”
The LF leader expressed his willingness to engage in talks with the rival parties “if the other camp is ready to discuss the name of a third presidential candidate.”
“In this case, I would withdraw my nomination,” he added.
He said he and rival candidate FPM leader MP Michel Aoun must seek an “understanding” over a consensual nominee because none of them is “convinced” of the other's candidacy.
“Choosing the name of the third candidate will not be a problem,” Geagea added.
Separately, Geagea pointed out that “Hizbullah's (military) role in Syria is putting the Sunni community in Lebanon under a big pressure,” while reassuring that “none of the main parties, even our rivals, has the intention to make a civil war in Lebanon.”
“The Sunni community in Lebanon is under a great pressure due to Hizbullah's fighting in Syria and due to the fact that the Lebanese army deals with Hizbullah in a manner that is different from the way it deals with the rest of the Lebanese,” Geagea added.
“You are fighting the Sunnis in Syria while asking the Sunnis in Lebanon to fend off sedition. You cannot make steps that lead to sedition while urging night and day that it must be avoided,” Geagea went on to say, addressing Hizbullah.
Y.R.
02 November 2014, 20:17
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Roar I'm not defending him, I'm arguing with your logic. You just think Geagea is the only civil war leader to kill people, when it's well known that all factions committed atrocities; and you give all these guys a free pass except Geagea.
02 November 2014, 21:04
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Gaga wants a simpler system: occupation by Israel that will make him a servant king.
03 November 2014, 12:53
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It is so easy to make Texy squeal. Israel gives arms to and treats Syrian Salafists in their hospitals, this is the truth.
02 November 2014, 21:06
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I'm a person who believes in the justice system..
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha so you believe in the same justice system that pardoned a convicted murderer lmaooooooooooooooo so funny Roar I just choked on water because you're so funny Roar oh Roar he even roars on weekends now
02 November 2014, 21:09
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah he made the right choice in good faith????? No, good faith would be to die with his men!!!! He was the Commander of the LAF and he deserted his men... Allow his men to surrender?????? Yeah that's why hundreds of his soldiers were shot in the back of the head defending Baabda Palace, and that's why hundreds remain in Syrian jails till this day
02 November 2014, 21:13
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Geagea killed hundreds of them after they surrendered????? Lmaoooooooooooooooo Roar with the epic revision of Lebanese history hahahahahahhahahahahaha
02 November 2014, 22:29
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??? We're saying IF Hezbollah wanted Aoun to be president, they would have done this. But since they haven't done this, it's obvious they prefer vacuum over Aoun because they want a complete overhaul of the government. And yes they can easily sway PSP. They made PSP ministers resign from Hariri's government
02 November 2014, 22:49
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Kurd Kobane stfu...the argument was about him calling Geagea a murderer when everyone was responsible for killing people. The point is if we are going to warlords, all of them have to be accepted. You can't justify Jumblatt and Berri over Geagea, they killed just as many people, if not more. That's what the argument was originally about...
Also, he was pardoned by the Lebanese government. The leaders of the Cedar Revolution (which included Aoun) said the trials were unfair and politically motivated, and that's the part that Roar doesn't accept.
02 November 2014, 22:50
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if we are going to accept* warlords, all of them have to be accepted
03 November 2014, 00:57
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Now you're opening up an unrelated subject. I believe everyone should have been with Aoun against Syria. But everyone was against it. Speaking of opted for cash: Aoun took $15 million from the treasury and put it in bank accounts in France under his wife's name. And look at what he's doing today, boycotting Parliament because he wants to be president but can't get enough votes. It makes me wonder: was he really fighting against Syrian occupation, or was he fighting for power? All the Lebanese agreed to Ta'ef, and Aoun could have reached a preliminary agreement as long as the Syrian withdrawal would be discussed
