Sheikh Qassem: Elections Will Determine Lebanon΄s Future
9-2-2009
Hizbullah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said that the forthcoming parliamentary elections would not only determine Lebanon's new parliament but also its future and destiny.
Speaking to Syrian daily Al-Thawra, Sheikh Qassem noted that the upcoming elections are "elections of political choices," denying the elections were limited to the goal of ensuring some parliamentary seats or improving the partial conditions required for some developmental rights. "The elections are directly related to Lebanon's political future," his eminence stressed.
"No matter how much they will work and struggle, they wouldn't be able to change the political beliefs of the various people groups," Sheikh Qassem noted. "They might get a group of the hesitant and irresolute people who did not take their decisions yet," his eminence said, adding that those were a minority.
Sheikh Qassem stressed that the opposition would engage, united, in the battle, denying the possibility of any "interlock" between the loyalty and the opposition. "All the electoral lists Hizbullah would take part in will be merely opposition ones," his eminence said.
"We will hear lots of accusations and failing propaganda ahead of the elections," Sheikh Qassem emphasized, stressing at the meantime that people would vote at the end for the ones they actually believe in.
Hizbullah Deputy Secretary General, meanwhile, told the Syrian daily that the only way Arabs could confront the Zionist entity was through the Resistance. Diplomacy was not an option as the world's most powerful countries supported "Israel", his eminence stated.
Sheikh Qassem pointed out that the "Israeli" defeat during the 2006 July War improved the morale of the Palestinian Resistance but that the Gazans' recent victory against "Israel" was undermined by a "political conspiracy" to obstruct a Palestinian national unity cabinet.
On whether he expected a new "Israeli" offensive on Lebanon, Sheikh Qassem noted that the issue was related to "Israeli" internal affairs and the interests of the United States in the Middle East, but confirmed that Hizbullah was ready for any confrontation. "The July War was an American demand and need, while the Gaza War was an "Israeli" need supported by the US," his eminence concluded.
Hizbullah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said that the forthcoming parliamentary elections would not only determine Lebanon's new parliament but also its future and destiny.
Speaking to Syrian daily Al-Thawra, Sheikh Qassem noted that the upcoming elections are "elections of political choices," denying the elections were limited to the goal of ensuring some parliamentary seats or improving the partial conditions required for some developmental rights. "The elections are directly related to Lebanon's political future," his eminence stressed.
"No matter how much they will work and struggle, they wouldn't be able to change the political beliefs of the various people groups," Sheikh Qassem noted. "They might get a group of the hesitant and irresolute people who did not take their decisions yet," his eminence said, adding that those were a minority.
Sheikh Qassem stressed that the opposition would engage, united, in the battle, denying the possibility of any "interlock" between the loyalty and the opposition. "All the electoral lists Hizbullah would take part in will be merely opposition ones," his eminence said.
"We will hear lots of accusations and failing propaganda ahead of the elections," Sheikh Qassem emphasized, stressing at the meantime that people would vote at the end for the ones they actually believe in.
Hizbullah Deputy Secretary General, meanwhile, told the Syrian daily that the only way Arabs could confront the Zionist entity was through the Resistance. Diplomacy was not an option as the world's most powerful countries supported "Israel", his eminence stated.
Sheikh Qassem pointed out that the "Israeli" defeat during the 2006 July War improved the morale of the Palestinian Resistance but that the Gazans' recent victory against "Israel" was undermined by a "political conspiracy" to obstruct a Palestinian national unity cabinet.
On whether he expected a new "Israeli" offensive on Lebanon, Sheikh Qassem noted that the issue was related to "Israeli" internal affairs and the interests of the United States in the Middle East, but confirmed that Hizbullah was ready for any confrontation. "The July War was an American demand and need, while the Gaza War was an "Israeli" need supported by the US," his eminence concluded.
