The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, accused the former prime ministers of Lebanon of trying to use the French initiative to score political points.

He criticized what he described as the "arrogant" behavior of French President Emmanuel Macron and his behavior as a ruler and guardian of Lebanon, as he put it.

Nasrallah said Tuesday that what was required of the French initiative to solve the Lebanese crisis was to hand Lebanon over to what he described as the club of former prime ministers.

The Secretary-General of Hezbollah considered that whoever benefited from the French initiative to achieve political gains was the one who caused its failure.

The Secretary-General of Hezbollah also refused to accuse Macron of the political class in Lebanon of "treason" after its failure to form a government, despite its pledge to form it within two weeks.

Nasrallah’s statements came in a speech broadcast by his party’s Al-Manar TV on Tuesday evening, two days after the French president accused the political forces in Lebanon that had failed to fulfill their commitment to facilitate the formation of the government of committing "collective treason", giving them a period of "4 to 6 weeks" to form a government. "With a specific mission" it gets international support.

Despite harsh criticism directed at Macron, who has been exerting great pressure on the political class since the port explosion, Nasrallah confirmed his support for the French initiative, calling at the same time for a "reconsideration" of the way of working.

But he also stressed that this welcome does not mean the approval of any government, or that the French president act as a "public prosecutor, investigator, judge, issuer of judgments, trustee, ruler and governor of Lebanon."

Commenting on Macron’s remarks on Sunday, Nasrallah added, "We do not accept that you accuse us of committing treason ... We reject and condemn this arrogant behavior against us and all political forces," adding, "We do not accept this language or this method."

The Secretary-General of Hezbollah described the pressures that were exerted before the apology of the Prime Minister-designate, Mustafa Adeeb, that they constituted an "affront to national dignity," but he said at the same time, "We wish this initiative to succeed and support it to be completed and we are betting on it as everyone bets, but I call for a reconsideration." By the method and the deed ... and also in the language of communication. "

The first square

Mustafa Adeeb’s apology Saturday for not forming a new government returned the political situation in Lebanon, which is mainly mired in its crises, especially the economic, to square one.

His efforts specifically clashed with conditions set by Hezbollah and its ally Amal Movement, led by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, for their adherence to naming Shiite ministers and keeping the money bag.

However, Nasrallah refused to have set conditions that hindered the efforts of authorship.

The former heads of government accused the Sunnis who named Adeeb to head the government of trying to impose a “de facto government,” with their insistence on forming a mini-government of 14 ministers, imposing portfolio rotation, naming all ministers and distributing portfolios, in an attempt to change the “norms” followed in forming governments.

He explained that the French paper that the political forces agreed upon during Macron's recent visit to Beirut did not include all of this.

Nasrallah stressed the importance of Hezbollah's participation in the government.

He said, "We must be in the government, through partisanship or non-partisanship, this is negotiable, to protect the back of the resistance."

Lebanese President Michel Aoun has not set a date for the binding parliamentary consultations that he must take in order to assign a new figure to form the government.

Often in Lebanon, a country based on the logic of settlements and quotas, these consultations are formal, and are preceded by consensus among the major powers over the name of the prime minister-designate before his official nomination, and the same principle applies to the composition of the government that he establishes.