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Zahra: Hezbollah wants to run Lebanon like a farm
[ALMASDARNEWS] Member of the Lebanese ForcesA Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb... Bloc, MP Antoine Zahra, told Future TV on Saturday that Hezbollah wants a president and premier that carry out its agenda, and that time has proven that the only one obstructing presidential elections is in fact Hezbollah. The MP explained that former PM Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. went through all the options for presidential elections, and he was constantly faced by Hezbollah's commitment towards General  Michel Aoun...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah... ; and now that he was assessing Aoun for candidate, Hezbollah was trying to force numerous conditions on Hariri concerning Cabinet formation and which electoral law to adopt, as though the Constitution "was a joke." He asserted that Hezbollah wanted a president and prime minister that would put into force Hezbollah's agenda in establishing a crescent of authority extending from Iran to Leb. "As long as Hezbollah is capable of stopping the rise of an authority that would question it about what it was doing in Syria, it will continue to do so," said Zahra, noting that Hezbollah believed that it could score a conclusive victory and establish its dominance in the region. "We agree with [Aoun] on rebuilding the state and respecting the Constitution, and those placing vetoes do not want a State but a farm that they control," added Zahra as he asserted that his Bloc would never allow it. The MP said that his Bloc supported the mixed electoral law for legislative elections. "The Lebanese Forces and the Free Patriotic Movement Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... will not join a House session unless the electoral law was on top of its agenda." Posted by: Fred 2016-10-03 |
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