FPM MP: Security in Lebanon will deteriorate if Hezbollah accused of Hariri’s murder


Free Patriotic Movement MP Michel Helou told OTV on Thursday that the security situation in Lebanon will deteriorate if Hezbollah is accused of being behind the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Helou called on Lebanese leaders to defuse the tension prevailing in the country.

His comment comes after Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah made a fiery speech last Friday in which he called the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) an” Israeli project” that aims at targeting the party and inciting sectarian strife in Lebanon.

Nasrallah’ speech outraged March 14 MPs and created a lot of political tension in Lebanon.

President Michel Suleiman has been meeting with several Lebanese leaders with the aim of reducing the tension in the country. He met on Tuesday with several Prime Minister Saad Hariri, General Michel Aoun, Future bloc parliamentary leader and former PM MP Fouad Siniora and Hezbollah parliamentary bloc leader MP Mohammad Raad. Yesterday he met with former Lebanese president and Phalange party leader Amin Gemayel, Marada leader MP Suleiman Frangieh and Minister Boutros Harb and today he met with PSP leader MP Walid Jumblatt.

Free Patriotic Movement which is headed by MP Michel Aoun is a close ally of Hezbollah and according to analysts may be well informed about Hezbollah’s plans in case it is indicted in Hariri’s murder.

Yesterday former Lebanese president and phalange party leader Amin Gemayel branded Nasrallah’s speech during an interview with Future TV as” dangerous” because he said the Hezbollah leader spoke as if he is anticipating a new May 7 event . Gemayel warned the party cannot call the shots just because it is armed.

“Nasrallah’s statements do not frighten us, but they make us concerned about the country,” he added.

A report in the As Safir newspaper on Tuesday revealed that the STL will be issuing at least two rounds of the indictments starting from next September and around the end of this year. In the first round prosecutor Daniel Bellemare will reportedly indict three to five members of Hezbollah and in the second round about 20 with various ranks including some key officials.

According to As Safir , Bellemare said that the Lebanese military leaders told him in an informal way that the Lebanese army will not arrest any members of Hezbollah party if indicted by the court.

A report in the German Der Spiegel magazine dated May 2009 revealed a link between Hezbollah and the assassination of Lebanon’s former PM Rafik Hariri, father of the current prime minister.

Media outlets have reported that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) will indict members of the Resistance, while Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in turn, has accused the tribunal of being an Israeli project.

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  • Ali

    Who is m. helou, a failed lawyer, knows nothing about politics. Look into his history and bank transaction investigation. Now he is a mouth piece for aoun. helou was appointed not elected in jezzine. I am giving him much credit by exposing him. he has no place in politics before he demonstrate a skill in his profession as a lawyer. A complete failure paid by the syrian supported fpm and otv station. What a propaganda at this juncture. shame, shame on any lebanese that is covering h/a actions. I can point finger and determine the individuals who are ruining the country and serving israel’s objectives in Lebanon.

  • Ali

    Who is m. helou, a failed lawyer, knows nothing about politics. Look into his history and bank transaction investigation. Now he is a mouth piece for aoun. helou was appointed not elected in jezzine. I am giving him much credit by exposing him. he has no place in politics before he demonstrate a skill in his profession as a lawyer. A complete failure paid by the syrian supported fpm and otv station. What a propaganda at this juncture. shame, shame on any lebanese that is covering h/a actions. I can point finger and determine the individuals who are ruining the country and serving israel’s objectives in Lebanon.

  • Ghazi

    The Syrian regime is the perpetrator her and is the shadowy character accusing HuzbAllah of murdering Harriri! They already feel comfortable with the story circulating that HuzbAllah is the guilty party. The Syrian regime will set Lebanon and Syria on fire just to cover the truth behind their crimes. Someone is to blame for killing and it will be all the dead Syrian officers whom were in charge during the murder and we all know how they vanished and the second guilty parties are all the Lebanese security officers, president Lahoud and HuzbAllah whom under their watch the murder took place. Unfortunately the scapegoat will be Lebanon plunging into another civil war.

  • Ghazi

    The Syrian regime is the perpetrator her and is the shadowy character accusing HuzbAllah of murdering Harriri! They already feel comfortable with the story circulating that HuzbAllah is the guilty party. The Syrian regime will set Lebanon and Syria on fire just to cover the truth behind their crimes. Someone is to blame for killing and it will be all the dead Syrian officers whom were in charge during the murder and we all know how they vanished and the second guilty parties are all the Lebanese security officers, president Lahoud and HuzbAllah whom under their watch the murder took place. Unfortunately the scapegoat will be Lebanon plunging into another civil war.

  • George Haddad N.J.

    Ali what do you expect from Aoun gangs and his associates. He sacrified his soldiers to gain notoriaty. He sold them to Syria and said there are no lebanese prisoners in Syria. He took 15 mil from Rustum Ghazali during his stay in France. He played all cards to keep him going. He’s like a russian roulette where you never know when the gun will go off. Basil has gotten filthy rich and bought lots of land in Batroun Area. Since he was protecting hezbollah during the time when he was communication Minister. All the good ones are leaving Aoun because he is there to benefit his own family and don’t give a damn about the people who fought alongside him. too bad his followers up to date still blindly do after the ISF in Lahoud days with the integrations if Syrian officers and hezbollah members broke their backs. yet they pretend if nothing happened. I had so much respect for them when they were fighting for Lebanon. Now it baffles me how they cover up not only for Aoun and for Syria and hezbollah too. Oh God what really happened to Lebanon? Where are you taking us? how could you let this agony go on for so long. Then you have israel of course and the palestinians problems. Yet we’re busy opening Louis Vutton and not worrying how we can force syria about demacrating the borders lol.

  • George Haddad N.J.

    Ali what do you expect from Aoun gangs and his associates. He sacrified his soldiers to gain notoriaty. He sold them to Syria and said there are no lebanese prisoners in Syria. He took 15 mil from Rustum Ghazali during his stay in France. He played all cards to keep him going. He’s like a russian roulette where you never know when the gun will go off. Basil has gotten filthy rich and bought lots of land in Batroun Area. Since he was protecting hezbollah during the time when he was communication Minister. All the good ones are leaving Aoun because he is there to benefit his own family and don’t give a damn about the people who fought alongside him. too bad his followers up to date still blindly do after the ISF in Lahoud days with the integrations if Syrian officers and hezbollah members broke their backs. yet they pretend if nothing happened. I had so much respect for them when they were fighting for Lebanon. Now it baffles me how they cover up not only for Aoun and for Syria and hezbollah too. Oh God what really happened to Lebanon? Where are you taking us? how could you let this agony go on for so long. Then you have israel of course and the palestinians problems. Yet we’re busy opening Louis Vutton and not worrying how we can force syria about demacrating the borders lol.

  • michael

    MP Michel Helou told OTV on Thursday that the security situation in Lebanon will deteriorate if Hezbollah is accused of being behind the assassination of Rafik Hariri??? what does this mean? Does this mean that if somebody else is accused the situation will stay calm? and that only if hizbolla is accused the situation will deteriorate? or it means stop investigating anyway? well, this is one more abuse and lack of respect of hizbolla and his allies of any institution that seeks justice. They want the law of jungle. The message should be clear: the killers must face the consequence.

  • michael

    MP Michel Helou told OTV on Thursday that the security situation in Lebanon will deteriorate if Hezbollah is accused of being behind the assassination of Rafik Hariri??? what does this mean? Does this mean that if somebody else is accused the situation will stay calm? and that only if hizbolla is accused the situation will deteriorate? or it means stop investigating anyway? well, this is one more abuse and lack of respect of hizbolla and his allies of any institution that seeks justice. They want the law of jungle. The message should be clear: the killers must face the consequence.

  • Tarie Al Fanarie

    Yes keep scaring the Lebanese people so they demand end to STL and hezbollah will come out victorious. I guess they need another divine victory which they will not get this time for sure. It will be our divine victory when we see Nassrallah, Aoun and Syria and iranians rulers underground where the sun don’t shine. These thugs sending different messengers from all directions spreading intimidating messages so people will be terrified. They tell us if we are convicted then they’re forcing us into doing any May 2008 events. then when we complained that we have nothing to do with it. But the Dr. Death(Nassrallah) is out now on TV scaring people with showing his baboon face and uttering threatening words because he knows he’s guilty and defeated. he’s embarrased of being caught. So what a villain to do? They threatens and shouts and screams so people get scared and run away. Well you can do all that but in the end your neck will hang and your days are numbers. Your beard will be shaven and israelis Mossad will be showing your teeth on TV just like what the americans did to Saddam. You’re history Nassrallah and Hezbollah and syria too. Iran will be defeated and the good will of the good people there will prevail. Then you want to see a dime or training anymore. You and syria will fold tents..Oops nevermind you’re underground we forgot. Oh just stay where you are? will turn the light on for ya..

  • Tarie Al Fanarie

    Yes keep scaring the Lebanese people so they demand end to STL and hezbollah will come out victorious. I guess they need another divine victory which they will not get this time for sure. It will be our divine victory when we see Nassrallah, Aoun and Syria and iranians rulers underground where the sun don’t shine. These thugs sending different messengers from all directions spreading intimidating messages so people will be terrified. They tell us if we are convicted then they’re forcing us into doing any May 2008 events. then when we complained that we have nothing to do with it. But the Dr. Death(Nassrallah) is out now on TV scaring people with showing his baboon face and uttering threatening words because he knows he’s guilty and defeated. he’s embarrased of being caught. So what a villain to do? They threatens and shouts and screams so people get scared and run away. Well you can do all that but in the end your neck will hang and your days are numbers. Your beard will be shaven and israelis Mossad will be showing your teeth on TV just like what the americans did to Saddam. You’re history Nassrallah and Hezbollah and syria too. Iran will be defeated and the good will of the good people there will prevail. Then you want to see a dime or training anymore. You and syria will fold tents..Oops nevermind you’re underground we forgot. Oh just stay where you are? will turn the light on for ya..

  • joey

    did aoum put his nappy in before meeting nasralla this man is scared of his shadow he may crap himself i don;t know how he became general this is lebanon for u

  • joey

    did aoum put his nappy in before meeting nasralla this man is scared of his shadow he may crap himself i don;t know how he became general this is lebanon for u

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