Geagea Expresses Fears over Constitution and Republic
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea confirmed that he has met with President Michel Suleiman away from the media spotlight, saying their talks focused on the delay in the formation of a new government, which would harm the Constitution.
In an interview with al-Akhbar daily published on Monday, Geagea said: “We discussed a lot of issues and I told him about the need to speed up the cabinet formation process because the delay is eating away the Constitution and Constitutional authorities.”
“We will end up without a Constitution and without a Republic if the situation continues this way,” the LF chief warned.
Geagea said that despite some differences with Suleiman, he agreed with him on several issues, including “the intention to form the government.”
“I am not allowed to reveal the stance of the president and what he told me in the meeting, but I can say that Suleiman holds onto the Constitution and the Republic too,” he told al-Akhbar.
“The president is in continuous contact with the Premier-designate and they feel that it is about time to do something about the cabinet formation,” he said.
“We don't interfere in that because it is up to the president and PM-designate Tammam Salam” to decide on the government, Geagea added.
Asked whether he had the impression after the Baabda Palace meeting that the cabinet would be formed soon or be postponed to next year, Geagea said: “No one can set any date.”
“We believe there is no excuse for the delay … but my impression after my visit to the president is that there is more probability to come up with a cabinet in not a very long time,” he added.
On another crisis, Geagea said that the LF will continue to boycott parliamentary sessions that Speaker Nabih Berri has called for this week.
He described the sessions as unconstitutional. “Nothing has changed in their agenda so that we change our stance.”
But he stressed that the LF MPs will attend a session to elect members of parliament's bureau and several parliamentary committees.
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