Geagea: Hizbullah, March 8 Want the Syrian Army Back

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Tuesday accused the Hizbullah-led opposition of seeking to “terminate” army commander Gen. Michel Suleiman”s nomination for president and paralyze the army to facilitate return of the Syrian army to Lebanon.

Geagea, addressing a press conference, said: “What is happening with the (Lebanese) army is an attempt to bring the Syrian army back to Lebanon.”

 

“They fully realize that they cannot assume power peacefully through democratic means that is why they have opted for force,” Geagea said.

 

However, he noted: “Historically, no party has succeeded in dominating by force.”

“Any change in Lebanon should be through democratic means and not by force,” he stressed.

Geagea criticized the persisting closure of parliament and the ongoing Tent City protest in downtown Beirut in addition to the persisting presidential void.

 

He recalled that pro-March 8 media organizations had reported during riots “firing from Ein Rummaneh. The investigation has established that the charge is not true.”

“Hizbullah and March 8 are determined on paralyzing the army and striking at the military establishment,” he concluded.