Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed on Saturday that “Lebanon cannot wait for a settlement in Gaza,” asserting that “the government needs to take immediate and decisive measures regarding the southern front in implementing 1701.”
Speaking at an LF ceremony to hand out party membership cards at Maarab, he affirmed that “opening the southern front is a major sin, not a mistake.”
On the presidential file, Geagea declared his rejection of “what is rumored that electing the new president will be achieved in the 2026 parliament,” revealing that “the LF are working with all their power to ensure that this battle is not postponed till then.”
He called on ‘Central’ bloc MPs to “assume responsibilities and contribute to electing a new president immediately,” emphasizing that “this is the only way out of the current crisis.”
On the other hand, Geagea reiterated that “no state can exist with an armed party outside the framework of the government,” stressing that “the Lebanese Army must be deployed in the south instead of Hezbollah to achieve national sovereignty and protect the border.”
“We shouldn’t give up on the difficult situation that Lebanon is going through,” he concluded.
