Report: Hizbullah MPs Describe Hariri’s Speech as ‘Childish’

by Naharnet Newsdesk 14 March 2011, 09:57

Hizbullah parliamentary sources described Caretaker Premier Saad Hariri’s speech at Sunday’s rally as “childish” and said the March 14 leader addressed the crowds as if he was speaking to Tarik Jdideh’s residents.

“Hariri wasn’t at all successful in his speech which didn’t suit his position as a statesman,” the sources told pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat in remarks published Monday.

The speech wasted all achievements made by slain ex-Premier Rafik Hariri, they said.

The sources added that the slogans used at the rally marking the Cedar Revolution’s sixth anniversary “only serve the Israeli project and consequently seek to sow sedition” among the Lebanese.

Several March 14 supporters on Sunday carried banners reading "NO to the dictatorship of arms" and "God has no arms," in reference to Hizbullah, Arabic for "Party of God."