MP Franjieh urges Hezbollah and Amal to return to Lebanon

 

MP Samir Franjieh called on Hezbollah and Amal to return to Lebanon and to Lebanese concessions, which he summarized as the Taif Agreement, the Lebanese Constitution, and Arab and international resolutions.

 

“These are sufficient to resolve all contentious issues among the Lebanese,” he added. 

After visiting Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butrous Sfeir, accompanied by March 14 coordinator and former MP Fares Soueid, Franjeih said that the March 14 forces rejected Speaker Nabih Berri’s dialogue initiative “because what they demand is unspecified.”

“First of all, dialogue in the past did not result in the application of any decisions, and secondly, the return to old controversies is no longer useful,” Franjieh explained.

 

He also said the problem was not among the Lebanese, but between Lebanon and Syria, and therefore all parties which carried out Syrian policies in Lebanon should “stop sacrificing this country in defense of the interests of the regime.” 

 

Franjieh said the March 14 alliance saw MP Michel Al-Murr’s press conference on Wednesday as an indicator of “messiness” within the ranks of the opposition. “It is heresy to say that they would not elect President of the Republic before agreeing on an electoral law,” he added.

 

Franjieh said Murr’s recent position revealed a “positive attitude” and hoped it would encourage other members in the Change and Reform take the steps they find appropriate.