A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb...
chief 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...
said Wednesday that the next President should be sovereign and reformist, refusing a President from the March 8 Alliance or a consensual President.
"We will oppose with all our strength the election of a President from the March 8 Alliance," Geagea said in a presser as he accused the so-called Axis of Defiance of being the root cause of the crisis.
He considered that mismanagement, corruption and the dominance of
Hezbollah on the country's strategic decisions are the main factors that contributed to the current crisis."Hezbollah has allied with the most corrupted parties to secure an internal cover for its illegal presence," Geagea said, slamming both Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement
Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic...
.
He added that if a President backed by the Axis of Defiance gets elected,
...In 2006 unknown persons blew up Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the car he was traveling in, the road he was traveling on, and a few innocent bystanders of no account whatsoever. The person or persons unknow weren't Hezbollah, you can bet on that. Really. Even though there was an international tribunal that said it was them...will be isolated and will lose all investments and international and Arab support.
Geagea also refused "a consensual President" that would "extend the hell we are living in to six more years."
He concluded his speech by urging all the opposition MPs to coordinate in order to agree on a President's name.