Geagea rejects president-PM deal, says confrontation with Hezbollah political
Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea on Wednesday said he rejects the “equation” of electing a president who is “close to Hezbollah” and designating “a PM who is close to the other camp.”
“The Hezbollah camp and our camp represent two parallel lines that will not meet until further notice. I hope Hezbollah will tomorrow change its political project and give up its ideology, which would allow us to meet within five minutes, but as things are now, there are totally opposite political projects,” Geagea said in an interview with the Akhbar al-Yawm news agency.
“Away from the March 14 and March 8 classifications, we support the election of a president who can engage in the needed rescue process along with a premier who can also engage in it, and accordingly the government should be in the same direction,” Geagea added.
As for Hezbollah’s controversial arsenal of weapons, which it argues is necessary for deterring Israel, the LF leader said “mistaken are those who think that because Hezbollah is armed, the battle or the confrontation with it should be through arms.”
“To the contrary, the confrontation with Hezbollah is political and it should only take place through politics,” Geagea added, noting that “Hezbollah has currently left everything and dedicated itself to fighting the political battle in Lebanon.”
He accordingly warned that electing a president who conforms to “Hezbollah’s specifications” would simply lead to “extending and deepening the current crisis.”