Geagea accuses govt of 'high treason' over south

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Friday accused the caretaker government of committing “high treason” due to “what’s happening in the south.

“It is responsible for the Lebanese people, even if it is a caretaker government,” Geagea said at a press conference.

“U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein arrived carrying proposals and met with a number of officials, but he takes the answer from Hezbollah through mediators,” Geagea added.

“We do not want a civil war but we want to discuss the matters as they should be discussed,” the LF leader went on to say, calling on the government to “take charge of things” in the south.

Geagea also called for the gradual implementation of Resolution 1701, Hezbollah’s pullback from the border by 8 or 10 kilometers and the Lebanese Army’s control of this area.

“The government must take a patriotic decision, seeing as it should not be a mere subordinate that says and does what Hezbollah wants,” Geagea added.