With Hezbollah weakened, what does the opposition intend to do?
While several players hostile to Hezbollah agree on the need to disarm the “resistance,” considering that the state ought to possess a monopoly on violence, each component hopes to retain some room for maneuver.
Now that Hezbollah has been weakened and the Lebanese crisis has taken on an international dimension, the opposition finds itself in front of a golden opportunity to put on the right track an institutions’ rehabilitation plan, in line with the principles it advocates. Are the parties that oppose Hezbollah and its agenda — which have so far failed to unite into a single front — now ready to tackle the coming phase together? L’Orient-Le Jour toured the main opposition figures, to sound out their positions, particularly on the two major imminent challenges: Hezbollah’s disarmament and the presidential elections. Read also Presidential election, Joseph Aoun’s term: Cease-fire sets parliamentary action in motion While all opposition players agree that joint efforts will achieve the desired objectives in this period, the idea of a unified...
Now that Hezbollah has been weakened and the Lebanese crisis has taken on an international dimension, the opposition finds itself in front of a golden opportunity to put on the right track an institutions’ rehabilitation plan, in line with the principles it advocates. Are the parties that oppose Hezbollah and its agenda — which have so far failed to unite into a single front — now ready to tackle the coming phase together? L’Orient-Le Jour toured the main opposition figures, to sound out their positions, particularly on the two major imminent challenges: Hezbollah’s disarmament and the presidential elections. Read also Presidential election, Joseph Aoun’s term: Cease-fire sets parliamentary action in motion While all opposition players agree that joint efforts will achieve the desired objectives in this period, the idea...
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