MP Nabil Nicolas tells Al-Manar website remarks by former premier Saad Hariri show hatred

Member of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc MP Nabil Nicolas said on Wednesday that remarks by former Prime Minister Saad Hariri show hatred as a result of his exit from power.

In an exclusive interview with Al-Manar Television, Nicolas said that in his remarks, Hariri ascertained the lack of credibility of the international tribunal.

Nicolas said the March 14 had already pre-judged Hezbollah in the assassination of Hariri. “They want to accuse Hezbollah and kill it, and then open its case,” he added.

Asked to comment on Hariri’s position that he would only hold a meeting with Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah in the presence of witnesses, Nicolas said that Sayyed Nasrallah “does not err.”

Criticizing Hariri’s alliance with members in the March 14 alliance, the FPM official said Rafiq Hariri, Saad’s father, was the one who threw Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea in jail. “How can Saad Hariri consider himself carrying on his father’s march while at the same time he is strengthening his alliance with Geagea?” the Lebanese lawmaker asked.