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| Geagea: If We Had to Choose between Government, STL, It'd Be Better to Have No Government |
| 2010-11-09 |
| If we had to choose between the government and the Special Tribunal for Leb, then it would be better to have no government, and let no one think that we can be blackmailed, 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 ... announced Monday. "Let them refrain from using the provocative approach with us," Geagea added. In a chat with news hounds, Geagea reminded that "the popular majority, using the Taef Accord's logic, was with us (March 14 Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys... forces), and we gained the majority in Parliament, and we're not willing to speak contrary to this logic." "Any mulling of a new Taef must be collectively made by all Lebanese parties, and I don't believe that any party is willing to raise a new problem by reconsidering the basis of the Lebanese regime," Geagea added. As the LF leader said that a major maneuver was taking place "in a bid to refer the case of martyr premier Rafik Hariri and all martyrs once again to the Lebanese Judiciary," ... whose judges are more susceptible to control and intimidation... he reminisced that "the Lebanese had exerted their utmost efforts in order to establish the STL and fulfill justice." Commenting on Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem's ... Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies... latest remarks that the March 8 camp ... the opposition to the Mar. 14th movement, consisting of Hezbullies and its allies, so-called in commoration of their Mar. 8th, 2006 demonstration of strength in Beirut ... has the popular majority, Geagea called on the top Hizbullah official to "re-examine the results of the 2009 parliamentary elections." As to French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner recent remarks about a "new Taef Accord," Geagea said: "Minister Kouchner did not raise anything in this regard during our meeting." Answering a question about "STL's politicization, especially after U.S. official John I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry said that the indictment will not accuse a community or a party, but rather individuals," Geagea reminisced STL Prosecutor Danielle Bellemare's remarks, "which all were in that vein." He noted that some Western officials were only echoing what Bellemare has personally revealed. As to a potential strife in the Christian arena after Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji vowed to confront any possible discord, Geagea ruled out any potential strife, "neither in the Christian arena, nor in the national arena given the State's stance in this regard." Also Monday, Geagea held talks in Maarab with Saudi Ambassador to Leb Ali Awadh Assiri, who described the Lebanese as "intelligent." "It is impossible that they don't reach what benefits this country," Assiri added. The ambassador conveyed the hopes of King of the Arabians Abdullah to "see all political forces sitting at one table, because a Lebanese solution is what will remain and last, rather than a solution imported or imposed on the Lebanese." Asked about the meeting that gathered him to the ambassadors of Iran and Syria, Assiri said: "A friendly relation connects us as ambassadors, and the meeting was social and brotherly because our concerns and efforts are common, on the grounds that Leb deserves more time to resolves its issues." |
| Posted by:Fred |