So, what is really going on? Pretexts?

Via Friday-Lunch-Club

(Al Akhbar)- Al Akhbar, a newspaper with a 'casual' association with PM designate Mikati had this: "US Sources informed Lebanese officials that the new strategy towards Lebanon is based on the premise of preventing President Najib Mikati from forming his government, and to allow economic, political and diplomatic pressures to take their tolls, ... rendering him unable to commit to a joint strategy with the components of March 8. The hoped for result is to, either give March14 (13 really) a 'blocking third' or declare forfeit. US sources said that the Lebanese-Canadian Bank episode is but an 'appetizer.'"

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MP Sukariyeh: March 14 Seeks Collapse of Mikati Government

Local Editor

Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc MP Walid Sukariyeh considered that after the collapse of former PM Saad Hariri's government, the March 14 forces seek the collapse of PM-designate Najib Mikati's government, so that March 14 would get back to power and exploit it to serve its interests, and the US schemes.

Sukariyeh stated that the incitement title used is the resistance arms, yet that team [March 14] is false accusing the resistance that its weapons are used against the Lebanese, forgetting that the resistance liberated Lebanon in 2000.

MP Walid Sukariyeh also reminded that after the 2000 liberation, the resistance said it did not want any interests on the Lebanese level, nor does it want services or power, but all it wants is to defend Lebanon against the Zionist enemy.

On another hand, in an interview with Akhbar Al Yawm (Today's News) Agency, Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc MP clarified that Lebanon is not separated from its surrounding, but it is rather a part of the regional struggle.

In this context, Sukariyeh referred that Lebanon is exploited by regional and international schemes, and therefore when the government is to be formed, there must be taken into consideration what challenges are there in the region, and how could they be faced.

Furthermore, MP Walid Sukariyeh pointed out that PM-designate Najib Mikati has some time, especially in light of the latest developments on in the Arab region, and which also affected the US, "Israeli" and Arab countries' policies.

Sukariyeh stated this imposes on Mikati to take his time to study the changes and the upcoming policies, in order to specify the best government frame that would face the current instability.

MP Walid Sukariyeh affirmed PM Mikati should form a government that would provide a political management to save Lebanon from what is happening in the region, and prevent it from becoming part of the region disputes.
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