Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea lashed out at Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah Tuesday, accusing him of "cheating" the Lebanese and blocking the formation of a strong state. Geagea, addressing a news conference, also accused Nasrallah of trying to carry out an agenda aimed at creating a global Islamic state that contradicts with the essence of pluralist Lebanon. "We will not allow either Hezbollah or any other power to control our destiny and our children's destiny," Geagea announced in an apparent response to a pledge of a half century of Hezbollah influence that Nasrallah made in a speech Sunday.
Addressing Nasrallah, Geagea said: "you are not allowing the rise of the state, you are blocking our march Â… a capable state cannot rise if it is surrounded by armed militias. We don't want armed factions alongside the state any more. We want the state. The state cannot rise if it is surrounded by armed groups." |