March 8 Seeking Opposition-controlled Government
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Thursday that the opposition does not intend to help form the government unless it gains total control over it.
Geagea was speaking after the visit of Palestinian Liberation Organization representative in Lebanon Abbas Zaki to Maarab on the occasion of Zaki”s diplomatic mission ending.
The Lebanese Forces leader criticized the distribution of roles among the opposition factions where if one party was satisfied the other would set obstacles. Geagea added that the opposition does not have one negotiator like March 14 forces who are represented by PM-designate Saad Hariri.
Geagea stressed that the opposition does not have a political decision to form the government whether it is labeled as a national unity government or any other form.
"The matter is again in the President”s and PM-designate”s hands," added Geagea.
Regarding the 70″s bloody past between the Lebanese and the Palestinians, especially during the years 1975-1976, Geagea said that PLO representative in Lebanon Abbas Zaki managed to put that past behind the two sides backs. Geagea concluded "even though we did not forget (those years) but we took the examples and transcended towards a better future."
On his part, Zaki stated that "the Palestinians and the Lebanese were the victims of huge conspiracies being both sharing the Mediterranean sea and threatened by Israel".