Geagea Says Aoun Not Hizbullah's 'Real Candidate'
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday noted that Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun is not Hizbullah's “real” presidential candidate, despite the party's declared stance.
“Hizbullah's real candidate is not General Aoun and it is leaving its actual nominee undeclared until the time of settlement comes,” said Geagea in an interview with Future television.
“Iran and Hizbullah are the strategic players obstructing the presidential election, despite the presence of other blocs that reject a president with political weight,” he said.
The LF leader stressed that nothing can be improved in the country in the absence of a new president.
“We did the impossible to exit the presidential crisis and I hope a positive development will occur in the next two months and we will continue our endeavors,” he added.
Asked about a possible impact for the Iranian nuclear deal on the domestic Lebanese situations, Geagea pointed out that “the disputes will not be resolved in the wake of the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.”
“They might be further complicated seeing as Iran cannot bear two major settlements in this period,” he said.
In response to another question, Geagea said that he will carry on with his presidential nomination.
However, he clarified that he is willing to discuss with Aoun “any presidential solution” that does not involve the election of any of them.
Lebanon has been without a president since May last year when the term of Michel Suleiman ended with MPs unable to find a successor.
Sharp differences between the March 8 and 14 alliances left Baabda Palace vacant over their inability to agree on a consensual candidate.
Turning to the recent confrontation between Aoun and al-Mustaqbal movement, Geagea said the FPM chief's escalation against the movement is “temporary.”
“General Aoun has clarified that he did not personally accuse al-Mustaqbal of practicing Daesh-like policies,” he added, referring to banners that were carried by protesters during a recent FPM demonstration.
As for Prime Minister Tammam Salam's cabinet, Geagea noted that he had proposed the formation of a technocrat cabinet.
“I have not changed my stance on shunning a government similar to the current one,” he said, criticizing the cabinet over its lack of productivity and failure to address the several crises.
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19 August 2015, 22:39
Geagea: Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq is the one who is combating terrorists the most and to be honest, no Christian minister had dared to do what al-Mashnouq has done at the Roumieh prison.
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19 August 2015, 22:35
Geagea: Three quarters of the Lebanese people are against Hizbullah's participation in Syria's conflict.
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19 August 2015, 22:35
Geagea: I support what Nasrallah said about the fact that there is no “leader sect” but how can our decisions be collective when we don't have a say in the decisions of war and peace?
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19 August 2015, 22:33
Geagea: We had proposed a technocrat cabinet and I have not changed my stance on shunning a government similar to the current one.
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19 August 2015, 22:32
Geagea: Things will not change unless citizens change the way they elect their representatives in power.
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19 August 2015, 22:16
Geagea: General Aoun's escalation against al-Mustaqbal is temporary and General Aoun has clarified that he did not personally accuse al-Mustaqbal of practicing Daesh-like policies.
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19 August 2015, 22:12
Geagea: The Declaration of Intent was not aimed at achieving immediate gains but rather ending 30 years of grudges. The real work has started now.
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19 August 2015, 22:09
Geagea: I will carry on with my nomination, but I have declared my willingness to discuss with General Aoun any presidential solution that does not involve the both of us.
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19 August 2015, 21:51
Geagea: Hizbullah's real candidate is not General Aoun and it is leaving its actual nominee undeclared until the time of settlement comes.
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19 August 2015, 21:48
Geagea: Iran and Hizbullah are the strategic players obstructing the presidential election, despite the presence of other blocs that reject a president with political weight.
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19 August 2015, 21:43
Geagea: The disputes will not be resolved in the wake of the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers and might be further complicated seeing as Iran cannot bear two major settlements in this period.
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19 August 2015, 21:40
Geagea: We did the impossible to exit the presidential crisis and I hope a positive development will occur in the next two months and we will continue our endeavors.
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19 August 2015, 21:38
Geagea: Nothing can be improved in the country in the absence of a new president.
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19 August 2015, 21:37
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea in an interview on Future TV: We acted regarding the garbage crisis and made several contacts with officials and experts to explore what can be done in this regard.
20 August 2015, 07:04
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Geagea sounds like a woman gossip, he seems to "know" what every and everybody is thinking.
That is pretty funny, so why do you claim Geagea have no militia? I thought so many LF supporters wrote here that they would dig up their weapons and fight the Resistance.
That's a laugh, Geagea seems to be jealous of Aoun, plain and simple.
20 August 2015, 12:03
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lol eh, thanks lady gaga for making yourself the spokesperson of hezbollah and revealing to us ignorants what they really think, because you know so much.
20 August 2015, 13:16
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@mowaten E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T. Still laughing since the day you declared with a straight face you were a shiaa atheist and also a member of hezbollah with only one account. I think i will also continue to laugh at your statement " lol eh, thanks lady gaga ". Thank you Thank you
20 August 2015, 19:21
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Mystic, have you re-read your posts lately? Well ya habboub, you're the one who sounds more like a woman, a very old woman. Geagea will surely drive you folks nuts, because as I see it, every time he appears, you guys go into a trance. And of course, you wanted Geagea all along to tell your side where we're stashing them weapons. Look habibi, all you need to do is to try and provoke us, I mean, serious provocation, then you will taste what LF are made up of. Then you reminded me of that leader of yours who moves around Dahieh wearing women's dresses, like in 2006 when he escaped to Swawogheya.
20 August 2015, 19:23
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Mowaten, and we need to thank you for all these new trolls you and some other M8ers keep bringing to this forum, quite frankly you're doing a poor job at it, just like your failed wars here and there. By the way, in Swawgheya, your friend Bachar has lost more ground, as have done your Houti siblings in Yemen, real men go to help rather than talking like little girls.
20 August 2015, 21:57
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Phoenix, I'm beginning to believe you've actually converted to Wahabism. None of your words seem Christian to me in anyway.
Shouldn't be surprised at all, since Geagea is the same way too.
You are also the one that whines like a vain teenage girl, complaining about thumbs on Naharnet.
19 August 2015, 23:13
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Wow, Future TV is still around? Is that a clock at the bottom of the screen or a countdown till Saint Hariri's resurrects from the dead?
20 August 2015, 00:30
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Nothing he said is wrong. Mind you, his mild reaction to Aoun's antics is irritating.
20 August 2015, 00:36
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Geagea: "Things will not change unless citizens change the way they elect their representatives in power"
What an irony!! so if I get it, his highness Dr Geagea is asking the people not to elect him anymore... this guy is a saint!
20 August 2015, 11:54
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Geagea bin Salman bin Abdulaziz AL SAUD
Anyone on foreign payroll does not have the nation's well being as #1 priority.
Geagea was handed his marching orders during his last pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
Naharnet: Remember freedom of the Press which you hold dear..
20 August 2015, 13:17
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@mowaten E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T. Still laughing since the day you declared with a straight face you were a shiaa atheist and also a member of hezbollah with only one account. I think i will also continue to laugh at your statement " Geagea bin Salman bin Abdulaziz AL SAUD ". Thank you Thank you
