Geagea: Statements of Hezbollah officials put govt. decisions in trash bin

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Thursday lamented the “new attacks” on UNIFIL forces in south Lebanon, after reports said UNIFIL patrols were intercepted by residents in the towns of Jibsheet and al-Zrariyeh.

“The repeated attacks on U.N. forces show that security forces are not dealing with the facts on the ground with the necessary seriousness,” Geagea decried.

Geagea also complained that authorities in Lebanon “are still hesitant and indecisive” nine months after the election of a new president and eight months after the formation of a government.

“What happened over the past two months raises major question marks over the course of the new state: from the clear and frank statements of the various Hezbollah officials, which very insolently put the Lebanese government’s decisions in the trash bin, to Hezbollah’s open declaration that it is rebuilding its military force despite the government’s decisions, to the attacks on public property and UNIFIL forces,” the LF leader added.

He accordingly called on Lebanese authorities to “shoulder their responsibilities toward the vast majority of the Lebanese, who have become eager to live under a real state that imposes its presence on the ground like any normal state would do.”