Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Friday said that an alleged “inter-Christian” dispute is not behind the ongoing presidential vacuum in the country, slamming some parties for “paralyzing” the presidential palace while claiming to be “defending Lebanon in Qalamoun and Syria.”
“How can we believe that some are defending Lebanon in Qalamoun and the rest of Syria, in Iraq and Yemen, while they are paralyzing the Baabda Palace – the very heart of Lebanon?” said Geagea at an LF rally, in an apparent reference to Hizbullah.
“How can we believe that they want a strong president while they could not even tolerate a consensual par excellence president?” he added.
Geagea warned that “the continued insistence on obstructing the presidential vote … is leading to vacuum and paralysis at the constitutional and security posts, one after the other.”