BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said obstructions surrounding the presidential election have nothing to do with the turmoil in neighboring Syria.
“There is no relation between the obstruction to the presidential election in Lebanon and the tense situation in Syria," Geagea told the Saudi newspaper Al-Riyadh in an interview published Thursday.
Without naming him, Geagea accused Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun of obstructing the election.
"The presidential election is being disrupted because there is a certain Christian party that wants the presidency just for itself, and backing it is Hezbollah which responds to Iran’s wishes,” he said.
On his anticipated meeting with Aoun, Geagea said: “I’m waiting for positive signals from Gen. Aoun in order to meet with him and try to achieve progress on the presidential issue.”
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