Suleiman Franjieh: "Aoun can get from the Syrians what no one else can get"
Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh launched a vehement attack on Saudi Arabia claiming its role in Lebanon is similar to that of Israel.
Franjieh, in a television interview aired Thursday evening, also claimed that Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat "asked" to visit Syria.
He echoed Syrian charges to Saad Hariri”s Mustaqbal Movement of "financing" Fatah al-Islam terrorists.
Franjieh said ex-minister Michel Samaha "arranged" Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun”s forthcoming visit to Syria.
"Saudi Arabia”s role in Lebanon is like that of Israel, it is biased in favor of a certain team against the other," Franjieh said.
He added that if "Saudi Arabia pumped money into the forthcoming elections, this would lead Iran and all the friends to contribute money."
In answering a question about Aoun”s forthcoming visit to Syria, Franjieh said Samaha played the role of "mediator" to arrange the visit.
"Aoun can get from the Syrians what no one else can get," Franjieh said.
He said he visited Syria two weeks ago and met President Bashar Assad who expressed his "moral backing" to Franjieh in the 2009 parliamentary elections.
Franjieh defended armed Hizbullah, saying "luring the party into using its weapons domestically is worst than using such weapons."
He was referring to the May attack by Hizbullah gunmen against Beirut”s western sector and Mount Lebanon.
Disarming Hizbullah before going into talks with Israel and achieving a peace treaty "is not in the national interest," he concluded.