Geagea: Hezbollah will never withdraw from the South

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has accused Hezbollah of seeking to “obtain the presidency and Lebanon’s government in return for withdrawing weapons from the border” with Israel.

“These conditions are certainly unrealistic and rejected by the Lebanese, seeing as there will be no bargains nor settlements at the expense of Lebanon and its sovereignty,” Geagea said in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

Responding to a question, Geagea stressed that “Hezbollah will never withdraw from the South.”

“It is deceiving the Americans and making them believe that,” he added.

He also said that anyone thinking of a bargain involving the presidency and the border situation would be “dreaming.”

“Our opposition will not allow any Hezbollah president,” Geagea emphasized.

“Unfortunately we have not managed to disarm them, but we have prevented them from reaching the presidency,” he added.