A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
leader
Samir Geagea... Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005 ...
criticized on Tuesday Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
's speech earlier in the day, saying that he addressed everything but the country's crisis.
He said before news hounds in Maarab: "Assad depicted a status quo that has nothing to do with the reality on the ground."
He stated that Assad spoke of a conspiracy against his country, "but I don't understand how a conspiracy can mobilize hundreds of thousands of protesters since the beginning of the revolt."
"How can over 10,000 Syrians be killed just because they are alleged foreign agents?" he wondered.
"If the developments in Syria truly are a conspiracy, then it could have been resolved simply by holding a poll, under the United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
' supervision, to determine whether the people support Assad or not," Geagea remarked.
"Only then can Assad's claims of a conspiracy be verified," he stressed.
"Should the regime be tossed, then Hizbullah's position in Leb would change ... and I hope the party would act in a manner that best suits that current regional situation," he noted.
Addressing U.N. Secretary General
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
's upcoming visit to Leb on Friday and some sides' statements that he is not welcome in the country, he said: "Only the official authorities have the right to state who is welcome in the country or not."
"Such statements completely disregard and undermine the government, president, people, and official institutions," noted the LF leader.
"Can Leb only support Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem?" he asked.
"The sides behind the statements are presenting the ugliest image of Leb after their allies presented another bad image by claiming that the al-Qaeda terrorist group had infiltrated the country," Geagea said.
"Speaker Nabih
KnobbyBerri
Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, a member of AMAL, a not very subtle Hizbullah sock puppet...
statements that Ban can help Leb in several issues are comments by a true man of state because he is seeking to achieve the country's interests," he added.
Hizbullah had stated over the weekend that Ban is not welcome in Leb.
Senior party official Mohammed Yazbek slammed the visit, saying: "Ban, (U.N. Special Envoy) Terri Rod Larson, and the messenger of evil and conspiracy's (U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs) Jeffrey Feltman are unwelcomed in Leb."