Conflicts will definitely end in favor of the Cedar Revolution
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea believed that there was an undeniable conflict among Lebanese political forces despite the attempts of some leaders to hide the facts.
“When the conflict ends, it will definitely end in favor of the Cedar Revolution and the establishment of an effective Lebanese state,” Geagea said in an interview with the Arab Weekly magazine on Thursday. The interview to be published Friday.
The Lebanese Forces leader said the problem of Palestinian resettlement could only be resolved through diplomatic means as Israel would not change its strategy for resettlement in the presence of Hezbollah’s weapons.
On Free Patriotic Movement chief General Michel Aoun”s statement that Resistance’s weapons were a force that should not be alienated, Geagea said he strongly disagreed with Aoun’s opinion. “I think this is a significant element of weakness and not strength, contrary to what many see at a strategic level."
Geagea also said the existence of Hezbollah’s weapons in the hands of Palestinian groups in Lebanon were on the rise.
And on whether he would support elections in light of Hezbollah’s arms, Geagea said, “Of course, because this better than no elections unless there is cheating, but I think this is out of the question in light of the presence of an Interior Minister like Ziad Baroud.”
Geagea ruled out any disagreement between the Lebanese Forces and Walid Jumblatt’s Progressive Socialist Party. “Certainly there are no problems, even if there is a contradiction in interests sometime, such as ministerial appointments and elections,” he added.
Geagea also commented on the need to disclose the fate of prisoners and missing persons in Syria and agree on the common demarcation of a Lebanese-Syrian border to begin real diplomatic ties between the two countries.
He also underlined the importance of Syria’s restraint from interference in Lebanese affairs “that is not sending weapons to Lebanese groups and not sending weapons and gunmen into Palestinian communities, especially those located on the border of Lebanon and Syria.”