Qassem: Hizbullah Wants to Get Everyone Involved in Governing Lebanon
Hizbullah”s second-in-command Sheikh Naim Qassem said Wednesday that the Shiite group wants to get various Lebanese political parties involved in governing Lebanon.
"The minority-majority logic is not applicable in Lebanon," Qassem said during the launch of Hizbullah”s election campaign in Ruweish in Beirut”s southern suburbs.
Hizbullah "wants to get everyone involved in governing (Lebanon) via democratic consensus," he said.
Qassem called for calm prior to the June 7 general elections.
"We prefer to win the upcoming elections by people”s votes and not through overseas money transfers," he said, adding that "anyone not on our ticket is an opponent."
Qassem stressed that Hizbullah "wants a nation that protects itself and is not under any foreign guardianship."
He emphasized that Hizbullah has "no local enemies."
"Our only enemy is Israel," he stressed, adding that "Hizbullah would confront anyone who chose to be an executive power tool in Israeli hands."