The Lebanese must unite against Hezbollah’s weapons
March 14 General Coordinator former MP Fares Soueid said that since the Syrian army’s withdrawal from Lebanon in 2005, there are two opposing projects in the country: that of March 14, which is based on building an independent state; and that of Hezbollah, which the party pursues under the pretext of resistance.
“The peak of the conflict [between the two sides] was on May 8,” Soueid said at a conference organized by the PSP in the village of Bsaba in the Chouf Mountain.
He added that the reason for the violence in May was not the issue of Hezbollah’s private telecommunications network, as “Hezbollah tried to overthrow the state and take control.”
According to Soueid, Hezbollah failed to achieve its goals and was forced to accept the Doha Agreement, which revived Lebanon’s constitutional institutions “after the party had obstructed these institutions for months.”
“The Doha Agreement reconfirmed the state’s control of weapons,” he said.
Soueid said that if the Lebanese people are not united in facing Hezbollah, violence and power struggles may recur.
He said that a peaceful dynamic between Lebanon and Hezbollah must be created in order to build up a strong Lebanese state where both sides defend civil peace. He added that the Shia community must rise in opposition against Hezbollah.
The state must be the sole authority that has power over weapons in Lebanon, Soueid said, which will separate it from the regional conflicts into which it is being drawn now. He added that the Lebanese must ensure their example of communal living between sects stays protected by the Taif Agreement.