Rifi: Rahi's View on Hizbullah Reflects Positions of Believers in Sovereignty
Former Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi on Saturday lauded the positions of Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi that lashed out at Hizbullah's possession of arms and its intervention in Syria's war.
“We praise the stances expressed by Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi as for Hizbullah's weapons. His position represents the entire Lebanese who have faith in the State's sovereignty and who reject illegal arms,” Rifi's said.
He added that illegal weaponry has become “a tool for chaos used by Iran in the region in order to achieve its its expansionist ambitions ignoring the interests of Lebanon, its sovereignty, stability, and its Arab relations.”
In sn interview with Sky News Arabia, al-Rahi stated that Hizbullah's involvement in the Syrian war has divided and embarrassed the Lebanese between those supporting the move and others opposing it.
He also said that Hizbullah has engaged in the war despite the State's policy to dissociate itself from regional turmoil.
Since the war broke out in Syria, Hizbullah has deployed thousands of militants to fight alongside Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces against Islamist-led rebels and jihadists and many Hizbullah members have been killed in Syria since the start of the conflict.
The party argues that its intervention, which is controversial in Lebanon, was necessary to protect the country from extremist groups and to prevent the fall of Syria into the hands of hostile forces.
11 March 2017, 13:39
71
Great to see how Rifis influence shrinked so fast.
Not even his allies Hariri and Mashnouq can stand him.
11 March 2017, 13:52
42
You obviously have never been to Tripoli and Akkar where his influence has risen considerably. I may disagree with his tactic but on the popular level, it is working for him
11 March 2017, 14:05
42
I believe that the situation in Lebanon cannot support rhetorical escalation. We need to get things done in Lebanon - even if that means we have to work with the devil. On one side, we have people who are willing to sacrifice the baby. If the other side behaves in the same way, the baby will die.
11 March 2017, 14:06
71
Sure, amongst angry salafis in Akkar he is popular, but what influence does he have inside the Lebanese insitutions? Nothing. He took care of that himself.
11 March 2017, 14:10
23
Mystic ... He is not a traditional leader where he has appointees in government institutions. Once he wins seats, he will join our political masters in their corruption of governmental institutions
11 March 2017, 14:18
51
Not that I like Prime Minister Hariri, but he is the leader of March 14 your alliance, and Rifi smeared his own leader Hariri alongside his loyal salafis, in Public.
How do you aim to achieve anything, when you smear your own leaders?
11 March 2017, 14:27
32
Mystic ... They are not my leaders and all of these leaders corrupted governmental institutions by putting people based on loyalty and not competence.
11 March 2017, 14:30
61
Which is why you will remain the weakest group In Lebanon.
You are not loyal to your leaders in March 14.
11 March 2017, 14:51
13
And you are exactly why Lebanon is a mess because of people who blindly follow their 'leaders' and who parrot their propaganda.
11 March 2017, 14:14
25
"Great to see how Rifis influence shrinked so fast. "
lol and how did the heretic measure that?
11 March 2017, 14:48
14
hahahahahahahahahaha!
How you compare apples for peaches is just an art that only a few elite are blessed with. My Ethiopian domestic helper was in awe at your ability to standardize methods of measurement.
In other words, you are somesing anazar flamesrower!
