Nasrallah Offered Contradictory Positions
State Minister Jean Oghassabian said Tuesday Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has offered contradictory positions in the party”s new political manifesto.
"On one hand, he opens the door to dialogue and encourages listening to the views of various political leaders, and on the other hand, he speaks of interaction between the army and the resistance because the state is unable to face up to Israeli aggression, and stresses at the same time that the resistance has a separate moral identity," Oghassabian told Future News TV.
He said Lebanon "needs to arms against Israeli threats, but it also needs a defensive strategy where weapons are only to be used to defend Lebanon."
Turning to the controversial issue of Hizbullah arms in the ministerial policy statement, Oghassabian said he, too, has "a lot of reservations about" it.
"But I have decided to stick to the principle of Cabinet solidarity," he stressed, adding that "there is no difference between us and those ministers who had reservations on the statement."