Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea during a press briefing onWednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Maarab. Photo from LF website.
“The end justifies the means.” This is how Lebanese Forces officials and MPs explained to L’Orient-Le Jour the remarks made on Wednesday by party leader Samir Geagea, who, for the first time, suggested blocking parliamentary sessions scheduled for electing a new president. The boycott would come as a bid to prevent Hezbollah and its allies from imposing their own candidate for president of Lebanon.“We will oppose, by all means, the election of a president” from Hezbollah’s camp, Geagea said at a press briefing at his residence in Maarab after a meeting of the LF parliamentary bloc.In this battle, Geagea is threatening to use the same weapon that Hezbollah employed to get current President Michel Aoun elected back in 2016: The lack of quorum.This an option that would reflect a break from the traditional discourse of the LF and its allies,...
“The end justifies the means.” This is how Lebanese Forces officials and MPs explained to L’Orient-Le Jour the remarks made on Wednesday by party leader Samir Geagea, who, for the first time, suggested blocking parliamentary sessions scheduled for electing a new president. The boycott would come as a bid to prevent Hezbollah and its allies from imposing their own candidate for president of Lebanon.“We will oppose, by all means, the election of a president” from Hezbollah’s camp, Geagea said at a press briefing at his residence in Maarab after a meeting of the LF parliamentary bloc.In this battle, Geagea is threatening to use the same weapon that Hezbollah employed to get current President Michel Aoun elected back in 2016: The lack of quorum.This an option that would reflect a break from the traditional discourse of the LF and...
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