Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General says differences within government normal, voting solution in case agreement not reached

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said that all government factions agreed to discuss matters with complete freedom, with each side respecting the other’s views. His eminence said that concerning the complicated and delicate issues, if agreement was not reached, then voting is a solution.

“The majority can take this line of action and the rest have to accept it,” Sheikh Qassem highlighted. “That way, we would have openly expressed our clear commitment to the Lebanese system through the formation of the government and its policy statement, in addition to its various decisions,” his eminence noted.

Sheikh Qassem stressed the importance of the equation of the army, people, and resistance, which was stipulated in the policy statement. His eminence explained that this equation began with the government of former Premier Fouad Saniora and later with that of former PM Saad Hariri, meaning that two consensual governments made a clear decision over this equation. “This is an indication that this issue enjoys consensus among all Lebanese, even those who oppose the consensus and object to the equation,” his eminence noted. “We ask those who have breached the consensus over their motives and why they are seeking to weaken Lebanon,” he continued.

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General reiterated that Prime Minister Najib Miqati’s government was formed through a popular will, without any foreign settlements or pressure. His eminence said that this government has proven to be able to communicate with the East and the West at once, and it was a respectful government at the global level, given that it represents the Lebanese reality.