NNA – “Lebanese Forces” party leader, Samir Geagea, on Thursday said that “the goal behind disrupting presidential and municipal elections is to control all the aspects of power in Lebanon.”
“If they had the ability to deliver their candidate to the presidency of the republic, a session would have been held to elect the president against all odds; but since they cannot do so, they intend to disrupt this deadline until they gather their forces one way or another, but they will not be able to do so this time,” Geagea affirmed.
Responding to a question in interview with “Free Lebanon” radio station whether he blames the government’s negligence for failure to secure the needed funds to hold municipal elections, Geagea said: “The ball today is entirely in the prime minister’s court; the Minister of Interior has stated more than once that he is ready to hold elections despite the strike undertaken by some public sector employees, and he even took upon himself the responsibility of securing the required human cadre to hold elections if the required funds were secured, and today, he reaffirmed this intention from Bkerki,” Geagea added.
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