Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said it was necessary for “the Foreign Ministers of Muslim countries to adopt firm positions and send a clear message to all countries that attack or undermine sacrosanct objects of Islam, and to boycott them economically and politically.” Nasrallah was referring to the desecration of a copy of the Quran by an Iraqi refugee in Sweden last week when he had also called for widespread participation in sit-in protests at mosques.
In his closing speech at the Ashoura march, the leader of the pro-Iranian formation also commented on the political situation in Lebanon, insisting that the caretaker government must continue to assume its responsibilities. Nasrallah also called on Parliament to hold legislative sessions, knowing full well that the Chamber has been an exclusively electoral college since October 21, until the election of a new President of the Republic, in accordance with the Constitution. This is a clear move by Nasrallah to normalize the presidential vacuum and promote institutional paralysis.
Hassan Nasrallah also took the opportunity to relaunch the “invitation to dialogue” to overcome the presidential impasse. An initiative as irrational as it is ridiculous, given that the Hezb seeks only to impose its candidate by force and spread its gangrene within the State.
He finally concluded his speech by attacking Israel and accusing it of occupying part of the Ghajar border region in South Lebanon.
