BEIRUT: The Future bloc launched a scathing attack against Hezbollah in its weekly statement Tuesday, while stressing its commitment to dialogue with its political rivals.
“It was Hezbollah’s leaders who started the political verbal escalation and incitement, after it had avowed, not long ago, its insistence on Gen. Michel Aoun as the only candidate for the presidency or else to continue with [presidential] vacuum,” the bloc said.
In the statement read by MP Kazem Kheir, the bloc criticized Hezbollah’s deputy chief Naim Qassem for saying that the solution to the presidential vacuum lies in electing MP Michel Aoun as president.
They said Qassem’s statement undermined the principle of majority rule.
The bloc also denounced the “inaction of Hezbollah and its allies” concerning an Iranian official's controversial “Persian empire” remarks.
In a conference earlier this month, Ali Younesi, an adviser for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, was quoted as declaring a new, Iranian empire “whose capital is Baghdad.”
The statement said the creation of the National Council for March 14 was the “best response to the attempts to assault the foundations of Lebanon’s solid formula."
The statement suggested that Hezbollah was behind the assassination of all March 14 officials from former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 to Mohammad Shatah in 2013.
However, the bloc pledged to continue its dialogue with Hezbollah to agree on “the consensual nature of the next president,” and to reduce sectarian tensions.
The bloc also raised the issue of the Lebanese families deported from the UAE.
“The bloc thinks the government should follow up on the matter of the Lebanese expelled from the United Arab Emirates, to examine the background and reasons for deportation,” the bloc said.
“We have always warned about the intervention in internal affairs of other countries, and its negative effect on the Lebanese communities in these countries.”
The bloc commented on the fourth anniversary of the Syrian war, accusing the Syrian government of committing “crimes against humanity.”
The statement said these crimes will remain “stains of shame" for international community.
It also denounced U.S. Secretary of States John Kerry’s comments about the readiness to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
It said the U.S. must not coordinate with “the tyrannical system,” calling for a solution based on the Geneva Pact.
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