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The general secretary of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said that his Shiite group welcomes French efforts to help Lebanon, but this does not mean that he agrees with any government or that French President Emmanuel Macron acts as the ruler. from the country.
Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Tuesday night (September 29) that Hezbollah is still ready for dialogue under the French initiative to lift the country out of its financial crisis, while calling for a review of what it called “the superior behavior about us”.
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The remarks by the heavily armed and Iranian-backed Hezbollah Secretary General, in response to statements by Macron, who announced last Sunday that he “took note of the collective betrayal” of the Lebanese political class after its failure to form a government, in contradiction with the promises made on September 1 during his second visit to Lebanon.
Macron also questioned, at a press conference, the role played by the two main Shiite groups in Lebanon, the Amal Movement and Hezbollah, in obstructing the formation of the government.
The Hezbollah Secretary General rejected the accusation of the political class of “treason” and stressed: “First, we do not accept that they accuse us and say that we have committed treason … We reject and absolutely condemn this arrogant behavior against us and all political forces in Lebanon, we do not accept this language or this method.
At the same time, Nasrallah accused Lebanon’s former prime ministers, including Saad Hariri, of trying to use French intervention to score political points.
Amal movement “surprised”
For its part, the Amal Movement, led by the president of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, expressed in a statement his surprise that the French president held him responsible for the failure of his initiative, rejecting the other “general accusation against the parties of benefiting and seize money “.
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The movement’s statement said that “it was the first to prepare a reform document, based on economic, financial and administrative facts, and presented it at the Pine Palace meeting” (with the French president at the end of last August). He also added that he “adopted and supported the French initiative in its clear text that includes steps and ideas for the reform decisions necessary to save the country.”
“last chance”
By mentioning that French President Emmanuel Macron took the lead on the political stage after the terrible explosion that occurred last August in the port of Beirut, which killed about 200 people and destroyed the capital and pushed the government to resign.
The explosion deepened a crisis, which was originally the worst in Lebanon since the civil war that broke out between 1975 and 1990.
Macron presented a “road map” for Lebanon. Despite his harsh criticism of the two Shiite movements, he added last Sunday that they have one “last chance” to fulfill these commitments with the aim of forming a “government with a specific mission that obtains international aid.”
Macron also stressed that “the roadmap (announced) on September 1 remains (…) it is the only initiative taken at the national, regional and international level (…) that has not been removed from the table (. ..), but now it is up to Lebanese officials to seize this last chance. “
The political parties engaged Macron on his second visit to Beirut to form a government that includes specialists and independents within two weeks. However, last Saturday Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adeeb apologized for the task of forming a new government in light of the parties’ differences over ministerial portfolios.
WB / AJM (AFP, Reuters, DPA)
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