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Prime Minister Saad Hariri stated that “the French initiative is not over”, noting that “this initiative wanted Lebanon to succeed and get it out of the impasse, and I don’t know why they failed.” And he said: “After the US sanctions, attitudes towards the French initiative intensified and President-designate Mustafa Adeeb wanted not to include His government is provocative names, and the one who overthrew Hassan Diab’s government was the Beirut explosion.”
In an interview with the program “The time has come”, Hariri said: “The president of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt, the head of the Lebanese Forces Party, Samir Geagea, and the head of the powerful Lebanese Bloc, Gebran Bassil They refused to take the initiative of the government, so I decided to step aside. ” He continued: “I am a candidate for prime minister without Jamila anyone. I have a parliamentary bloc and it is known who I am, but I do not threaten and I promise as others do. Some critics and bidders want me to threaten and I will not, I am the son of the moderate Rafik Hariri “.
“I am the natural candidate for Prime Minister and I will do a round of contacts this week, and if all parties still agree with the Pine Palace program in terms of negotiations with the IMF and the required reforms, then I will not close the door on the only hope of stopping the collapse.
And he added: “I will carry out a round of contacts with all the political parties to find out the stability of their position and their approval of the French reform document, and if everyone agrees, I will not close the door.” He continued:I refuse to return according to the formula of Saad Hariri and Gebran Bassil inside or outside the government, but I think it is no longer on the table. “
He said: “We agreed at Pine Palace that the political parties would leave this government and not interfere in the appointment of ministers and allow the new government to complete and rebuild Beirut, and they all agreed to privatization and increased taxes.”
Hariri stressed that “the formation of a one-color government, as well as the Hassan Diab government, will not get any support from the international community for Lebanon.” He added: “I was accused of forming the government of Dr. Mustafa Adeeb, but my job was only to warn Adeeb not to appoint people who provoke any political team, and to adhere to the nomination of Saad Hariri by the Amal Movement and Hezbollah is just to avoid Sunni-Shiite tension. “
He continued: “If I, like others, wanted popularity, I would have done what they do, and I did not offer initiatives or sacrifices. I am in favor of Lebanon and the Lebanese citizen, and my goal was the success of the French initiative.”
And Arf: “President-designate Adeeb asked me if we were willing to change the French initiative and we said that no one would accept the name change of politicians in the government. My job in forming Adib’s government was to warn him of names that provoke some of the matches, and Mustafa Adib left this experience and returned to Berlin as promised. ” .
Hariri revealed that the last contact between him and the president of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt, was “stormy” and said: “The call took place at a time when he was sitting with the French and asked me to agree to give money to the Shiite sect for life. “
He said: “I am still in my position, which I said, to agree to hand over the financial portfolio to the Shiite community. Faced with the collapse of the country, will we fight for the Ministry of Finance?”
And he added: “One of the most important points in President Macron’s document is the independence of the judiciary, which is the only way to combat corruption.” He said: “I hope they will go into my accounts and reveal what I had 15 years ago and what I have today. Saad Hariri gave more of his wealth than all the politicians.”
He pointed out that “in the country there are 3 projects: the Hezbollah project and the Amal movement linked abroad, and a project that wants Lebanon to get out of this crisis and works first on the principle of Lebanon, and a project of the bidders who led the country to where we are “.
Hariri believed that “no constitution in the world can be successful with the presence of parties that impose things by force, and arms impose equations on the Lebanese that they reject.” And he said: “The Lebanese system is good, but the mentality with which things are managed is not won. There are parties that impose things by force of arms, and of It has a surplus of power, which it uses to impose equations to the Lebanese “.
Hariri considered that “he cannot take responsibility alone for all the deterioration that has occurred”, and said: “I sacrifice myself because I reject the emptiness. We are living a period of emptiness with a collapse. President Macron’s initiative was clear in regarding reforms and going to negotiations with the International Monetary Fund to save the country financially. “
He added: “I want the French initiative to be successful, so I agreed to resign from the finance portfolio recently. When I acceded to the Shiite finance minister, I said once, looking for things to work out. I said that the only way out of the crisis is rearrange the cards. The problem is not to change a system, but to change a method. ” the play”.
Hariri added: “When there was a problem in the Ministry of Energy in the government of Prime Minister Tammam Salam, then President Berri told me that the best solution is to rotate. If we walk around the rotation then in good faith and the Minister of Finance is Shiite, this does not mean that the Ministry of Finance becomes the monopoly of the Shiite community. ” We also reject that any ministry is the monopoly of any sect. “
Hariri said: “The previous government was a government of specialists, brought by the political parties,” adding: “The moment we nominated Mustafa Adeeb, many began to criticize him and the unfortunate in the country there are those who began to commercialize photos of him in partisan and other gatherings and obstructed the issue. “
Furthermore, Hariri clarified that “the issue of border demarcation should have started 3 years ago”, considering it “something good for Lebanon.”
Hariri believed that “the problem is not a system problem, but rather a problem of mentality and extremism in our positions, such as obstructing the country for 3 years to elect Michel Aoun as president of the Republic.”
He said: “There are some constitutional amendments that can be taken, but now is not the time for these titles.”
He added: “His Eminence, Mufti Abd al-Latif Derian does not want to use the pulpit to intervene in politics. Whenever we enter sects in political affairs, positions are fossilized. Everyone has the right to express their opinion on politics, but you must have an alternative or solution, and if you don’t provide a solution then this is Your name bidding. “
Hariri expressed his fear “of a civil war, because what is happening in terms of weaponry and military strikes on most of the streets of Beirut and yesterday in Baalbek-Hermel represents the collapse of the state, and each trend indicates the collapse of the state. “.
Furthermore, Hariri described the Director General of State Security, Major General Antoine Saliba, as a “puppet” of the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun. .
In response to a question about the disagreement between him and his brother, Bahaa Hariri, Prime Minister Hariri said: “I am not talking about family, and my shame is Baha.
Hariri stressed that “no one can shake his relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, considering that “Deputy Gebran Bassil represented a danger to the pact more than Geagea because he followed the logic of canceling others, and those differences that they exposed to the government led us here”.
He added: “My ally is the Lebanese people. My goal is how we want to stop the collapse of the country, not the allies.”
Hariri believed that “the intention to overthrow the governor of the Banque du Liban, Riad Salameh, was for malicious and political purposes, and I am in favor of him remaining in office,” asking “the political parties to think well so as not to waste this opportunity, because we are forbidden to starve the Lebanese and forbid us to withdraw support for the Lebanese. “
He said: “I will carry out a round of contacts with all political parties to find out the stability of their position and their approval of the French reform document, and if they all agree, I will not close the door.”
Regarding the record of the Beirut explosion, Hariri stated that “he was not aware of the presence of ammonium nitrate in the port of Beirut.”
He added: “We must be clear that the French initiative is the only and fastest way to rebuild Beirut. For me, rebuilding Beirut is a foregone conclusion, but there must be a general atmosphere in the country to begin rebuilding.”
He said: “There are parts of the country that did not leave us with an Arab owner because of their positions, and Hezbollah’s intervention in Syria and Yemen brought disgrace to Lebanon.”
Regarding the general amnesty, Hariri said: “I am in favor of amnesty, but it must be within certain criteria. The oppressed must be removed, and those who killed the army and security forces cannot be removed from prison.”
