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| Lebanese support Hezbollah, Mikati |
| 2011-02-18 |
| [Iran Press TV] A recent poll suggests the majority of the Lebanese public supports the resistance movement of Hezbullies and the country's new Prime Minister Najib Mikati. The survey, carried out by Beirut Center for Research & Information, showed that the Lebanese movement acted rightly to lead the recent collapse of the government. Of the 800 respondents, 60 percent said Hezbullies was seeking to defuse domestic tension sparked by the United States-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 liquidation of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. The poll also found out that 75 percent of the participants approved of Mikati's premiership, the IRIB Research Center reported. Former premier Saad Hariri's cabinet collapsed on January 25, when 10 ministers from the Hezbullies-led March 8 Alliance as well as one named by President Michel Suleiman quit. The resignations were in protests to what the politicians described as the March 14 Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys... alliance's "inability to overcome US pressure." Parliamentary meetings, which followed the cabinet's breakup, led to the appointment of Mikati. Over the past months, reports have suggested that the Special Tribunal for Leb (STL) is preparing to indict senior Hezbullies members in the 2005 liquidation -- an allegation the resistance movement has repeatedly rejected. Washington, however, strongly supports the court and has reportedly been pushing for the verdict, which analysts warn would sow discord within Leb. Some 10 percent of the respondents, however, claimed that the Hezbullies-led mass resignation was an exercise in pursuit of power, but Hezbullies Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has rejected claims that Mikati was the movement's pick for the post. The poll was carried out between January 28 and February 1 this year and included participants of Shia, Sunni, Christian and Druze faiths. |
| Posted by:Fred |