Geagea wants to be president says Rameh

Change and Reform bloc MP Emile Rahmeh told OTV on Monday that Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea wants to be the president of the country.

“Geagea is a Maronite [Christian]. Is there a Maronite who does not aspire for the presidency?” (more…)

Geagea says Aoun and his political party are corrupt hypocrites

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea launched a scathing attack against the Change and Reform bloc, saying that its ministers in government were corrupt.

“The thing that saddens me the most these days is that those who spoke diligently about corruption for the past 20 years proved to be the most corrupt in Lebanon’s history after taking charge of sensitive ministries in the government,” Geagea told a delegation of doctors in Meerab, north of Beirut. (more…)

Saudi Prince and Lebanese Sheikh at war over LBC

Sheikh Pierre al-Daher, as he is commonly known, is a savvy and successful television executive with an apparent penchant for making enemies. However, his once cozy relationship with Saudi Prince Walid bin Talal, himself something of a media mogul, has soured, and a standoff between them threatens to wrest from Daher most of what he’s built. (more…)

Geagea: Aoun makes more excuses for Syrian regime than Assad

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea slammed Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Thursday, saying the FPM leader defended Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime more than the Assad family itself. (more…)

Geagea: Aoun is the most corrupt politician in Lebanon

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday fired back at Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun and said he was the last person to speak about politeness. Geagea also said that “Aoun always resorts to personal attacks because his performance in power has proven that he is the most failing and most corrupt [politician] in Lebanon.” (more…)

Geagea hails SNC statement, says implementation is more important

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea praised on Thursday the statement issued by the Syrian National Council but added “what is more important is that the clauses of the statement be implemented.”

He said the SNC statement will put Lebanese-Syrian relations on the right track. (more…)

March 14 leaders decry Assad’s speech

March 14 leaders were quick to criticize Syrian President Bashar Assad’s Tuesday speech . Lebanon,s Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri labeled Assad’s Tuesday speech “ridiculous” , while Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Assad addressed everything but the country’s crisis. (more…)

Geagea predicts the fall of Assad regime in 2012

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea predicted on Saturday the collapse of President Bashar Assad’s regime in 2012 and the start of building the Lebanese state

During a gathering of his party’s general committee in Meerab he said :
“Following the fall of the Syrian regime, we will enter a well defined political process of building relations between Lebanon and Syria as two independent and sovereign states and end Syrian interference in this country.” (more…)

Geagea returns to Beirut after meeting Hariri, key Saudi officals

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea returned to Beirut on Tuesday from his trip to Riyadh where he held talks with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri and a number of high-ranking Saudi officials, said a statement by the LF .

Geagea and Hariri held lengthy and comprehensive meetings on the situation in Lebanon and the region, (more…)

Geagea slams Syrian army’s violations of Lebanon sovereignty

In an interview with Al-Jumhuriya newspaper published on Monday Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea blasted the Syrian army’s violations of Lebanese territories calling it a “flagrant violation” of Lebanon’s sovereignty.

Geagea also slammed the cabinet for not issuing any statement on the Syrian “violation,” calling their silence “national treason”. (more…)