Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea said on Saturday that Lebanon’s decision-making on strategic affairs is “confiscated” by the “remnants” of the Syrian regime.
“There are still remnants of the (Syrian) hegemony era” in Lebanon, Geagea said in a speech.
“Strategic decision is confiscated and Constitutional deadlines are not respected,” he said in a indirect reference to Hizbullah.
The release on bail of former Information Minister Michel Samaha is a clear sign on the presence of such remnants in Lebanon, Geagea stated.
Samaha, a close ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, was released on bail last month despite being convicted on terrorism charges.
The move angered the anti-Syrian March 14 camp in Lebanon.
Geagea spoke following a mass that was celebrated at his residence in Maarab on the 22nd anniversary of the Our Lady of Deliverance Church bombing.
Geagea was arrested in 1994 and served time in jail for allegedly masterminding the deadly bombing of the church in Zouk Mikael.