Fayyad says problem in 'evasion of understandings', not in Salam

MP Ali Fayyad of Hezbollah’s bloc claimed Thursday that some forces did not honor understandings that allegedly preceded the election of Joseph Aoun as president.

“The sudden evasion of these understandings contradicts with all the declared stances and positive reassurances, reflecting actions based on the ‘victors and losers approach’, the change of balances and dealing with the Shiite component as if it is in state of defeat,” Fayyad said.

“This is what we cannot accept or surrender to, but will rather reject and confront, and we will not accept that it be turned into a de facto situation,” Fayyad added.

He noted that the issue is not “exclusively” related to the PM-designate’s identity, noting that Hezbollah “knows very well” Nawaf Salam’s “Arabist past, his support for the Palestinian cause and his hostility to the Zionist entity.”

“We appreciate his exceptional role in trying (Israeli PM Benjamin) Netanyahu and the other enemy leaders at the International Court of Justice in The Hague,” Fayyad said.

He added: “With all due honesty we say that what is happening puts the country at a crossroads, so that the course of reform and stability does not get threatened by miscalculations and bad intentions.”

“The golden rule that no one should forget is that consensus, understanding, dialogue and cooperation must be the basis of the new stage as to the state’s rise, the building of its institutions, the preservation of its sovereignty and the extension of its authority,” Fayyad said.