The battalions are against the use of the presidency to diminish the value of any Lebanese party

Yesterday’s reactions regarding the statements of Morgan Ortigos, the deputy of the American envoy to the Middle East after her meeting with President Joseph Aoun, especially in terms of confirming her country’s opposition to Hezbollah’s participation in the government, after his military defeat by Israel.

Sources in the Kataeb Party told Al -Akhbar that the party “is against the use of the presidency to diminish the value of any Lebanese party.”
And she saw that “the statement of the Presidency of the Republic, the evidentity of the Lebanese in the way that everyone has the right to express, but sovereignty is expressed and embodied by the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister inherent.”
For its part, sources in the “Free Patriotic Movement” considered that “what we heard is not surprising, as respecting the sovereignty of states is a principle of theoretical education, not for application. It is not new that interference in the internal affairs of countries is the approach of the powerful in dealing with the weak. Only the strong peoples in their unity are able to raise their voice. ”
Representative Melhem Khalaf denounced the “condemnation of the” condemnation of the national dignity, “surprising to issue a” representative of a member state in the Supervision Committee for the implementation of Resolution 1701 “.
Representative Yassin Yassin considered that Ortigos’s statement “does not represent us, and the Zionist enemy affirmed his hostility to humanity and not only Palestine and Lebanon,” adding: “What brought us to this catastrophe is the corruption of the political system that mortgaged Lebanon abroad and destroyed its institutions. Enough in vain and let this people decide their fate. ”
Representative Michel Al -Duwaihi supported the presidency of the Republic, which was considered “not concerned with some” of what was issued by the American visitor.
Najat Saliba considered that “the Israeli occupation brought us only to death and destruction, and we cannot thank him for our suffering,” calling on the assigned president to “adhere to the criteria he set for himself in the authorship process, without the need to satisfy any party.”
Representative Firas Hamdan stressed that “national sovereignty is above all considerations and adheres to it is a right and a duty that is not subject to bargaining or retail. That is, he touched it, even if it comes from a great state. It is the competence of the president in charge of consulting with the President of the Republic. And if we welcome the support of the friendly countries for our national efforts to rebuild institutions, we do not accept that an external party interferes with the right of a Lebanese party in representing the government or not, even if we are on a political rivalry with it internally. As for our position as Lebanese, in terms of adhering to the exclusive weapon, it is fixed.
The head of the “Al -Wafa Resistance” bloc, MP Mohamed Raad, described Ortagus’s statement, as “a blatant interference in Lebanese sovereignty, and a departure from all diplomatic and requirements of international relations”, considering that it is “full of hatred and lack of responsibility” and “lengthening a national component is part of reconciliation National and Lebanese political life. ”
Raad considered that “what was issued by the Republican Palace from a statement that distanced the presidency of what Ortigos stated, stopped the prolonged comment on what was stated in her statement.” He added: «We will not overflow in the comment on those who show his hostility to a Lebanese component that confronted the Zionist aggression and defeated it, and the victor is the one who revealed the image of the ugly aggressor. The realistic equation that Lebanon can be proud to protect by its sovereignty. ”