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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Geagea Says March 14 to Take Unified Stance on Miqati Govt
2011-02-03
[An Nahar] Lebanese Forces
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 ...
on Wednesday lauded Speaker Nabih Knobby Berri's
... the Hizbullah sock puppet ...
remarks made earlier in the day from the Baabda Palace about the participation of all political parties in the new cabinet without prior conditions on the shares of each side.

Geagea said Berri "has always been courteous," but wondered whether the house speaker was the one who has the last word among his allies in the March 8 forces.
... the opposition to the Mar. 14th movement, consisting of Hizbullah and its allies, so-called in commemoration of their Mar. 8th, 2006 demonstration of strength in Beirut ...

He noted that Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
leader MP Michel Aoun
...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
is the one who usually expresses the point of view of the March 8 forces. Aoun "was clear yesterday when he said that any party willing to be part of the government must adopt March 8's principles and beliefs."

As to Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati's ongoing efforts to form a new cabinet, Geagea accused the rival camp of "complicating the mission of the PM-designate," describing the Hizbullah-led coalition as "totalitarian."

The LF leader stressed that "the March 14
Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys...
forces have a unified opinion and share the same stance on all national issues."

He accused the March 8 forces of attempting to mislead the public opinion by circulating "false" news about alleged conflicting standpoints among the March 14 forces regarding participation in Miqati's government.

"Our stance as March 14 forces, after several meetings, is that we either unanimously participate or none of us does."

"There are constants which we cannot renounce, topped by (our stance) on the Special Tribunal for Leb and illegal weapons," he added.
Posted by:Fred

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