The leader of the Lebanese Forces Party, Samir Geagea, said that Hezbollah and its allies are working to postpone the parliamentary elections scheduled for next year, for fear of losing the elections, warning that this step will lead Lebanon to more "slow death."
In an interview with "Reuters", Geagea said that Hezbollah and its ally, the Free Patriotic Movement - led by President Michel Aoun - will work to postpone or disrupt the elections "because they are almost certain that they will lose the parliamentary majority in their possession."
He added - from his residence in the town of Maarab - that state institutions are decomposing day after day, and that the continuation of the current situation will lead to the dissolution and death of the state, considering that elections are a very urgent necessity more than any other time.
Geagea believed that the hope of reversing events is related to holding the elections and exiting with a different parliamentary majority, and then starting a new rescue process, stressing that it is not acceptable, whatever the reason, for the elections to be postponed or disrupted.
Geagea expected that his party would be the first to win, and in the second place independents who have the same policy, would win, adding, "I doubt that Hezbollah will lose much in its environment, but its loss will be in other environments."
Commenting on the recent Lebanese-Gulf crisis, Geagea said that Hezbollah's growing influence is the main reason behind the dispute that is harming the Lebanese economy, adding that he believes that Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states are the economic lung of Lebanon, and that his party's relationship with Saudi Arabia is a "political" relationship that does not involve any financial support. .
Lebanon faced a diplomatic crisis after Saudi Arabia withdrew its ambassador, expelled the Lebanese envoy and banned imports from Lebanon, against the backdrop of statements by Lebanese Minister of Information George Qardahi. Kuwait and Bahrain also took similar steps, while the UAE withdrew all its diplomats from Beirut.
In the wake of the Tayouneh clashes last October, which killed 7 Shiites, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah accused the Lebanese Forces party of seeking to ignite a sectarian conflict, warning that Hezbollah had 100,000 fighters under its command.
Geagea confirmed that his party's supporters, along with others, were a party to the clashes, but he denied that this step had been orchestrated, and blamed Hezbollah for entering the Ain al-Rummaneh neighborhood, which is inhabited by a Christian majority in Beirut.