Rifi : March 14 should refuse partnership with Hezbollah

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asharf rifi defLebanon’s former Internal Security Forces chief Ashraf Rifi said on Friday that the March 14 coalition should refuse to participate in the formation of any cabinet in which Hezbollah is represented, if the latter does not cease fighting alongside the Syrian regime.

“March 14 must refuse partnership with Hezbollah in the executive branch unless it withdraws from Syria,” Rifi said in a statement.

“The Future Movement has not renounced its basic condition that Hezbollah withdraw from Syria and adhere to the Baabda Declaration, [which is why] it wouldn’t agree to a cabinet of partnership with Hezbollah.” He added.

The former ISF chief highlighted that the ministerial statement is a fundamental issue that must be discussed with regard to the formation of the cabinet.

“The ministerial statement is more important than candidates and portfolios,” Rifi said, in reference to his vociferous objection to the current ministerial formula of army-people-Resistance, which allows for the government to uphold the status of Hezbollah’s arms.

“We must discuss the government’s policy before talking about candidates and the rotation of portfolios.”

Rifi went on to underline the necessity of decreasing Hezbollah’s role in decision-making in the country.

“Hezbollah is a [political] party just like any other; It is not [entitled] to decide how the cabinet is formed.”

“The aim is to free Lebanon from the grip of Hezbollah and the Iranian project,” Rifi added.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said earlier on Friday that the country’s political parties have ten days to reach a consensus on a unity cabinet, or he will move ahead with green-lighting a fait accompli cabinet.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt and Speaker Nabih Berri have been leading efforts to broker a new government that gives eight ministers each to the March 8 and 14 alliances, and 8 ministers to centrists.

According to media reports, the March 14 alliance wants a rotation of ministerial portfolios between parties in the new cabinet, and for the new government’s ministerial statement to adhere to the Baabda Declaration, calling for Lebanon’s neutrality in the ongoing Syrian civil war.

However, Hezbollah reiterated its sharp warnings against a fait accompli cabinet on Thursday, with MP Hassan Fadallah saying that Lebanon “could slip into an irresponsible adventure that will make the [current] crisis more complicated and delay the presidential elections.”

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10 responses to “Rifi : March 14 should refuse partnership with Hezbollah”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar

    Screw that ‘Presidential Elections’ bit. Cabinet too.
    Don’t ‘The People’ want a Functioning PARLIAMENT that can do some work – free of the little gods?
    Oh, yah .. sorry .. forgot .. they ALL think it is necessary to actually sit and ‘dialogue’ every little thing to death … all the time … for years … even where to put in an electricity pole. And I guess they need a so-called President and Prime Minister to finally agree on how to dig a round hole for it, since the ‘plan’ showed it as a square one. (Drawn by El Supremo, no doubt.)
    (By this time, of course, someone took the pole and burned it anyway… for fleeting heat.)

    “…highlighted that the ministerial statement is a fundamental issue that must be discussed… ”
    ( wow … somehow, someone got their hands on a Highlighter? Jail the guy who issued that if it wasn’t ‘approved’ by 2 eights and a one after a minimum year of dialogue )
    Ooops … time to ‘rotate portfolios’ again …. doh see doh your ‘partners’ …

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar

    Screw that ‘Presidential Elections’ bit. Cabinet too.
    Don’t ‘The People’ want a Functioning PARLIAMENT that can do some work – free of the little gods?
    Oh, yah .. sorry .. forgot .. they ALL think it is necessary to actually sit and ‘dialogue’ every little thing to death … all the time … for years … even where to put in an electricity pole. And I guess they need a so-called President and Prime Minister to finally agree on how to dig a round hole for it, since the ‘plan’ showed it as a square one.
    (By this time, of course, someone took the pole and burned it anyway… for fleeting heat.)

  3. Hariri should stand down and let this guy lead. He certainly makes more sense than saad. Btw gotta love how hezbshaitan threaten Lebanon with violence if they don’t get their way.

    1. Reasonableman Avatar
      Reasonableman

      Hezballah have already startes tearing up lebanon with their ideaology that they are supreme taking orders from the “supreme” ayadollar.
      My opinion is that they an army raid will soon find “alleged” isis or nusra guarillas somewhere in 3ayn l hilwa and try to pin saudi arabia like they tried with majed. Whilst we know but unfortunately some assheads havnt realised HA and the extremists are hand in hand.

  4. Hariri should stand down and let this guy lead. He certainly makes more sense than saad. Btw gotta love how hezbshaitan threaten Lebanon with violence if they don’t get their way.

    1. Reasonableman Avatar
      Reasonableman

      Hezballah have already startes tearing up lebanon with their ideaology that they are supreme taking orders from the “supreme” ayadollar.
      My opinion is that they an army raid will soon find “alleged” isis or nusra guarillas somewhere in 3ayn l hilwa and try to pin saudi arabia like they tried with majed. Whilst we know but unfortunately some assheads havnt realised HA and the extremists are hand in hand.

  5. I like what this guy is saying… stick to what is good for the country and not the individuals! Smart…..

  6. I like what this guy is saying… stick to what is good for the country and not the individuals! Smart…..

  7. This guy looks like a retard.

  8. This guy looks like a retard.

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