Qassem: West Ready to Deal with Any Parliamentary Majority

 
Source: Al-Manar TV, 05-04-2009

Hizbullah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem denied on Sunday all rumors about a potential Western boycott of the Lebanese post-election government in case the national opposition emerged victorious out of the forthcoming parliamentary elections.

Speaking during a religious ceremony in Beirut's southern suburb, Sheikh Qassem announced that the West would deal with any parliamentary majority regardless of its political affiliations.

"Therefore, the world would deal with the Lebanese government formed by the national opposition after its expected triumph in the elections next June," Sheikh Qassem said, revealing that many foreign ambassadors have already informed opposition figures of this trend.

Hizbullah Deputy Secretary General, meanwhile, said that many sides in the so-called March 14 figures would change their positions following the parliamentary elections, confirming that political re-positioning within the mentioned bloc is almost decided.

Sheikh Qassem expressed optimism that the national opposition would win the forthcoming polls, stressing that Lebanese wouldn't give their votes for a majority that proved its failure in managing their affairs at all levels. "Lebanese would prefer backing the national opposition," his eminence said, expecting that people will give the opposition the chance to make the change "practically, and not only through slogans."