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Geagea urges state to ‘take decisive action’ if Hezbollah does not disarm

From Naharnet · () English

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  • Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea called on the Lebanese state to act decisively if Hezbollah does not surrender its weapons.
  • In an annual speech, Geagea said Lebanon’s state must hold sovereignty over its territory and decisions, while rejecting intimidation, delay and compromise solutions.

Samir Geagea has urged the Lebanese state to “take decisive action” if Hezbollah does not disarm, saying the country has reached what he called the dawn of sovereignty.

take decisive action

· Samir GeageaGeagea urged the Lebanese state to act if Hezbollah does not disarm.

The Lebanese Forces leader said his party and its allies “will not allow anyone to obstruct its emergence.” He cited attempts to bully the state and what he described as the free and sovereign Lebanese, as well as appeasement, procrastination, stalling and patchwork solutions.

the dawn of sovereignty has undoubtedly broken

· Samir GeageaHe described Lebanon’s political moment in his annual speech.

Speaking at an annual ceremony commemorating the “Martyrs of the Lebanese Resistance,” Geagea stressed that the state should be sovereign over its land and its decisions.

will not allow anyone to obstruct its emergence, whether through bullying the state and the free, sovereign Lebanese, or through appeasement, procrastination, stalling, and patchwork solutions

· Samir GeageaHe described the position of the Lebanese Forces and its allies.
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