Geagea Hints that Jumblat Should Review his Stance, Form New Majority
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has said that the cabinet crisis would be solved only if some blocs reviewed their stances and formed a new parliamentary majority.
“There is no possibility to end the crisis unless some parliamentary blocs reviewed their stances and formed a new majority that quickly works on holding things together by forming a cabinet and filling the current void,” Geagea told the Saudi Okaz daily published Saturday.
The LF leader seemed to be hinting to Walid Jumblat’s National Struggle Front which in January transferred the parliamentary majority from the March 14 forces to March 8 when it named Najib Miqati for the premiership.
Asked about fears by Speaker Nabih Berri about the return of the spate of assassinations to Lebanon, Geagea said: “I haven’t received warnings from official Lebanese security apparatuses … but there are no signs that political assassinations would return.”
The kidnapping of the seven Estonian tourists in March and the roadside bombing that targeted U.N. peacekeepers last week, were behind expectations about the return of the spate of assassinations, he said.
“I think that if security incidents take place, they would target international troops or foreigners in general in an attempt to pressure European countries not to impose further sanctions against the regime of (Syrian) President Bashar Assad,” Geagea added.
Asked if Lebanon was under threat politically and security wise as the indictment of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is nearing, he said the country is already at the edge of the cliff.
“It is clear that the indictment will be issued at this stage so I don’t think that its release would lead to a security crisis,” Geagea told Okaz.
He warned March 8 that resorting to the streets won’t abolish the indictment, which is reportedly expected to name low-ranking Hizbullah officials for involvement in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination case.
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