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| Geagea: New Majority is Syria and Hizbullah |
| 2011-02-02 |
| [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 ... said Tuesday that he conveyed to PM-designate Najib Miqati March 14 Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys... alliance's fears of the new majority that he dubbed as Syria and Hizbullah. Geagea told news hounds in Maarab that he informed Miqati during a meeting they held at the PM-designate's residence in Verdun on Monday that the March 14 forces had no problem with him as a person. "The new majority will be behind the formation of the new government. I honestly told him that this majority according to us is Syria, Hizbullah and the era of hegemony," the LF leader said. The March 14 forces had tasked Geagea with negotiating with Miqati. The LF leader said that the PM-designate didn't make a real proposal on the structure of the future government. He reiterated that the March 14's participation in the cabinet should be collective. "If our demands are not met, we won't participate in the government." "There should be a clear vision on how to get rid of illegitimate weapons," he told news hounds. "Even if the arms are in depots, they are affecting political life and spoiling it." The March 14 alliance had conditioned its participation on Miqati's commitment to the Special Tribunal for Leb and the disarmament of all parties, in reference to Hizbullah and Paleostinian arms. Geagea said he would give Miqati some time to think over the proposals made by him and by Phalange Party The Kataeb (Phalange) party was founded by Pierre Gemayel in 1936, who modeled the party after Spanish and Italian Fascist parties he had observed as an Olympic athlete during the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, then Nazi Germany. The movement's uniforms originally included brown shirts and members used the Nazi salute. Despite the party's uniform, its strong sense of nationalism and dedication to a single charismatic leader, the Lebanese Kataeb was not and never became a fascist party nor did it espouse a totalitarian ideology. leader Amin Gemayel, another March 14 official, who has held at least two meetings with the prime minister-designate in the past three days. An Nahar daily said Tuesday that the Geagea-Miqati meeting on Monday lasted two hours and the LF leader stayed over for dinner. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 See also DAILY TIMES.PK > SYRIA AGAIN HOLDS STRINGS IN LEBANON. OTOH BABY ASSAD = SYRIAN GOVT. believe thet their Country can effec withstand or resist the "JASMINE" CHAOSES which have befallen Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, + Jordan??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-02-02 21:32 |