Geagea Says Syria, Hizbullah Main Constituents in Cabinet
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said that the main elements in the new cabinet are Syria and Hizbullah, stressing that President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister Najib Miqati have nothing to do with “this team.”
“They asked us to give this government a grace period and wait for the policy statement to be issued… but has anyone seen a cinchona tree turn into an apple tree?” Geagea wondered during the annual dinner of Free Lebanon radio on Monday.
He said that the March 14-led opposition will be “constructive.”
Geagea also stressed that there is a “national unity over the international tribunal whether we liked it or not.”
The LF leader said that the “pillars and columns of the Mafia empire are those present now (in the cabinet).” He was responding to Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun’s statement that the “new majority was able to shake the Mafia empire.”
Meanwhile, the Lebanese Forces party is holding a meeting Tuesday afternoon to announce its by-laws in Maarab.
The LF leader will tackle in his speech the effect of the by-laws on the democratic life. He will also address the situation in the region especially in Syria, and reiterate his stance from the cabinet.
An undisclosed March 14 official will also give a speech, An Nahar daily said.
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