Head of the Lebanese Forces (LF) Party Samir Geagea affirmed that the campaign launched against the Lebanese Army about two weeks ago, followed by the positions of Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem, “represents the largest operation of fraud and deception that we are witnessing.”
In an interview with LBCI on Thursday, he attributed the reasons for this campaign to the desire to “belittle the Lebanese Army, since it is the only side capable of filling the vacuum in the south and throughout Lebanon in the coming stage.”
“Hezbollah is deceiving the Lebanese people to continue fighting and that’s what is required of them,” he continued.
“There is no fear of slipping into civil war,” Geagea reassured, pointing out that “it is a big word and needs a decision, and no Lebanese team wants it.”
Geagea also made clear that “since the launch of the support front, Hezbollah’s calculations have been all wrong, and today’s results are proof of that,” regretting that “it still continues with the same logic.”
Additionally, he pointed out that the Israelis are preparing for the second phase, “and I don’t know whether it will extend to the Litani.”
He indicated that the second phase of war will now begin, after “the main fortifications of Hezbollah unfortunately fell in the first stage, which was the most difficult.”
Geagea affirmed that “Lebanese authorities must implement international resolutions 1701, 1559 and 1680 and take control of the situation,” stressing that “the Israelis will withdraw through political, not military, means.”
On the presidential file, he noted that the “intense competition in the United States was resolved in less than 24 hours after the electoral process ended,” asking why parliamentary groups in Lebanon refuse to take any practical step in this issue.
“87 deputies can meet at any time to hold a session chaired by the oldest among them,” he continued.
He blamed the “Axis of Resistance” for disrupting presidential elections, under the pretext of “no presidency before a ceasefire, while Lebanon suffers from a strategic, national, humanitarian and living disaster, and is in dire need of a president more than any other time.”
Finally, Geagea expected “battles to continue and even worsen,” until US President-elect Donald Trump takes office and finishes organizing his new administration, “which requires three or four months to crystallize results.”
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