No More Hegemony over Lebanon No Matter How Hard Syria Tried
MP Saad Hariri stressed that Syria will not exercise hegemony over Lebanon again.
"No matter how hard it tried, Syria will not go back to exercising hegemony over Lebanon," Hariri said in an interview with al-Massira magazine to be published on Thursday.
He accused "some sides," however, of continuing to work under instructions from the Syrian regime.
"But at the end, it”s the Lebanese decision that prevents the return of hegemony under any slogan," Hariri pointed.
He stressed that March 1 – the launch date for the international tribunal to try suspects involved in the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri – "is a date that concerns every struggler who fought for the creation of the international tribunal."
Hariri hailed recent statements by Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, saying "it is true that the forthcoming elections will determine Lebanon”s future."