Raad: No comment on the Patriarch´s stances ~ Saniora is a heading to a crisis

Hizbollah Site Staff, 05-09-2008

Head of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Mohammad Raad, committed himself in an interview with "Annahar" Newspaper to a media fast in relation to comments on stands made by the Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, and in response to a question about a possible meeting with the Patriarch, Raad replied: "no comment."

On the government issue and the latest developments, Raad considered the delay in government formation raises concerns, moment by moment. He said "Some major regional states are keen to have the government they want imposed on the people. This may require not having a team in disharmony with the U.S. interests in Lebanon."

He said clarifying: "We feel that Saad Hariri is subjected to foreign pressures, but we see that the responsibility of the Prime Minister-designate is to assess the supreme national interest of his country and his citizens, and invoke the language he started after had pledged its adoption from the beginning of his appointment until the end of the government formation, and the declaration of the government's birth."

As for the relationship with MP Walid Jumblatt, he said: "Things are heading toward calm and enhanced communication, especially as the path recently traveled by Jumblatt, is closer to Hizbullah's vision and conviction. Regarding the relationship with the Future Movement he stressed that it will remain positive, exchange of views and a spurring to release existing tensions continue between the two sides."