Geagea Reassured on LF's Govt. Share, Denies Obstructing Aoun's Tenure

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea boasted Thursday that the LF will eventually obtain all its demands regarding its share in the new government.

Noting that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri is keen on the LF's participation in the cabinet, Geagea told Free Lebanon Radio that “the consultations will continue to resolve the pending points and form the government as soon as possible.”

“He who laughs last, laughs best. Upon the formation of the government, we are ready to make a comparison between what we had been calling for and what others had been calling for,” the LF leader added, noting that certain parties have been seeking to block his party's demands.

Asked whether an agreement has been reached with Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil regarding the type of portfolios that the LF will get in the new government, Geagea said “this has not happened and the meeting with Minister Bassil came to put an end to the explosive atmosphere that was affecting the reconciliation and the Maarab Agreement.”

Geagea also emphasized that the LF has not been trying to “obstruct” President Michel Aoun's tenure.

“We have never sought, even for a single moment, to obstruct the presidential tenure. We rather have certain principles and approach that govern all our moves and steps,” the LF leader said.

“We consider this tenure to be our tenure and therefore everything we've been doing is aimed at making it the most successful in Lebanon's history,” Geagea added.