BEIRUT: Hezbollah is preventing the establishment of a Lebanese state, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Sudnay. “What is disrupting the formation of a state in Lebanon is the presence of Hezbollah as a state within a state,” Geagea told Saudi Arabian Journalist Ahmad Adnan in a Youtube interview published Sunday. Hezbollah's arms and the "method of its presence" contradict with the notion of a legitimate state, he said. Geagea said his criticism of the party stems from an objection to policies seen as highly linked to foreign alliances that contradicts with a local vision for Lebanon. “Our relationship with Hezbollah is not based on enmity but opposition,” he added. “All the Lebanese possess a particular vision of the state, and this is a state based on the Taif agreement, the constitution and the law,” he said. “No disruptive factor can last indefinitely,” he added in reference to Hezbollah. The Lebanese Forces leader also cited Hezbollah’s role in disrupting presidential elections, saying that the party’s main backer, Iran, was behind the ten month-long presidential vacuum. “Either a president fully supportive of [Iran] was [elected] or no elections would be held, and this is what happened,” he said. The Lebanese Forces chief also noted Iran’s expansion in the region, saying that it had adopted the rhetoric of the Palestinian cause as a means to achieve domination in the Middle East. Geagea said that although several Arab capitals have been taken over by Iran, it has yet to take any measures against Israel. "The region cannot accomodate this [Iranian expansion] becaues it will lead to unpredictable repurcussions." Source: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Mar-22/291707-hezbollah-blocking-state-formation-geagea.ashx

1. Hezbollah blocking state formation: Samir Geagea
BEIRUT: Hezbollah is preventing the establishment
of a Lebanese state, Lebanese Forces leader Samir
Geagea said Sudnay.
“What is disrupting the formation of a state in
Lebanon is the presence of Hezbollah as a state
within a state,” Geagea told Saudi Arabian
Journalist Ahmad Adnan in a Youtube interview
published Sunday.
Hezbollah's arms and the "method of its presence"
contradict with the notion of a legitimate state, he said.
Geagea said his criticism of the party stems from an objection to policies seen as highly linked to foreign
alliances that contradicts with a local vision for Lebanon. “Our relationship with Hezbollah is not based
on enmity but opposition,” he added.
“All the Lebanese possess a particular vision of the state, and this is a state based on the Taif agreement,
the constitution and the law,” he said.
“No disruptive factor can last indefinitely,” he added in reference to Hezbollah.
The Lebanese Forces leader also cited Hezbollah’s role in disrupting presidential elections, saying that
the party’s main backer, Iran, was behind the ten month-long presidential vacuum.
“Either a president fully supportive of [Iran] was [elected] or no elections would be held, and this is what
happened,” he said.
The Lebanese Forces chief also noted Iran’s expansion in the region, saying that it had adopted the
rhetoric of the Palestinian cause as a means to achieve domination in the Middle East.
Geagea said that although several Arab capitals have been taken over by Iran, it has yet to take any
measures against Israel.
"The region cannot accomodate this [Iranian expansion] becaues it will lead to unpredictable
repurcussions."
Source: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Mar-22/291707-hezbollah-blocking-
state-formation-geagea.ashx