Mouawad: Hezbollah only interested in an Islamic state in Lebanon

 

Michel Mouawad , a key member of the March 14 majority ruling alliance strongly criticized yesterday’s speech of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

 
Unfortunately “Hezbollah ( Party of God ) is acting as if it is not part of Lebanon “ he said .

 

Mouawad added : “His speech yesterday indicated that Lebanon can no longer accommodate Nasrallah nor Hezbollah . Nasrallah ‘s only interest is in establishing an Islamic state in Lebanon similar to that of Iran”.

 

Mouawad also said : “ If Nasrallah is truly interested in Lebanon as a state , he should respect the laws of the Lebanese state which has the exclusive right to the decision of peace and war.”

 

Nasrallah , who appeared in public for the first time in 18 months yesterday delivered a televised speech during the last day of Ashura in which he tried to incite Israel to a have another fight with his organization, just like 2006 when Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers . The kidnapping led to a devastating war that lasted for 34 days and claimed more than 1200 Lebanese lives , mostly civilians and children.

 

Lebanon, unlike the rest of the Middle East is a melting pot of 18 religious sects.