Lebanese politician: Alliance with Hezbollah no longer working

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The head of Lebanon’s largest Christian party said on Sunday that a 15-year-old alliance with Hezbollah was no longer working and must evolve, The Associated Press reported.

The televised speech by Gebran Bassil, who heads the Free Patriotic Movement, signaled an unprecedented level of frustration with Hezbollah and suggested the 2006 alliance credited with helping maintain peace in the small country was in jeopardy.

His comments come amid a devastating economic crisis and also ahead of critical parliamentary elections in which his party is expecting tough competition.

Bassil, who in the past served as Lebanon’s Foreign Minister, said the alliance is costing him credibility with supporters.

He pinned his frustration on Hezbollah’s other ally, the powerful Shiite Amal Movement, led by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. Bassil said in recent months Hezbollah has backed Berri’s Amal at the expense of their own alliance.

“We reached an understanding with Hezbollah (in 2006) not with Amal,” Bassil said in an hour-long speech, according to AP. “When we discover that the one making decisions in (this alliance) is Amal, it is our right to reconsider.” READ MORE