BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday his party did not support the government's resignation following mass protests across Lebanon, saying the country had little time to resolve the economic crisis.
Nasrallah added that he supports the current government "but in a new spirit and a new methodology" and that the ongoing protests show that the way out of this crisis is not to impose new taxes and fees on the poor and low-income people.
Nasrallah also rejected the proposals that call for the formation of a technocrat government and for early elections.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah accused some political forces of shirking their responsibilities and blaming others. That would not lead to any result and showed a lack of patriotism.
He added that Lebanon has two options, either financial and economic collapse or a popular explosion as a result of the wrong remedies. In a speech, Nasrallah called on the Lebanese political forces to show courage and sincerity to save Lebanon and its economy.
Accusing partners
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has accused his partners of being responsible for the deterioration of the situation, because of obstructing his proposals for reform.
Hariri said he gave them 72 hours to provide a convincing solution to the crisis in the country, before taking unspecified action.
Demonstrations erupted on Thursday evening, the largest in the momentum and spread, and the movement of protesters in Beirut and other cities in the beginning of the refusal to raise taxes on communications on social media, before it became a wave of public outrage condemning the entire political class and demanding the departure of its symbols.