Sayyed Nasrallah: Presidential Candidate Must Serve Grand National Interest

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan NasrallahSayyed Nasrallah praised the security plan which the government has decided to carry out in the North and Bekaa. He yet asserted that the plan must not only have a security and a judiciary approach but also a socio-economic, developmental and a comprehensive one.

Sayyed Nasrallah also emphasized the importance of starting a real reconciliation among all the political factions, expressing the party’s openness to dialogue.

In excerpts released from an interview where the second and last part would be published by As-Safir newspaper Tuesday morning, Sayyed Nasrallah considered that the government expressed his positive evaluation for the government’s productivity and praised the resume of the parliament work, stressing the importance of the regularity of the work of each institution and the completion of appointments.

Hezbollah leader also said that the resistance needs a strong and a cohesive society as well as a strong, fair and capable state; yet he pointed out the current circumstances do not fit to discuss the ways to develop the political system in Lebanon.

Sayyed Nasrallah explained the reasons that dictated boycotting the last dialogue session, noting that the recent stances of President Michel Sleiman made him lose the position of who can manage a national dialogue.

His eminence also stressed that the general atmosphere in the country is that of conducting presidential elections, adding that the party will support the candidate that will serve the grand national interest.

He also considered that the local factors will be more influential in the presidential elections than ever, concluding that “we have a chance to make a president in Lebanon.”

Sayyed Nasrallah reiterated his support to the Lebanese army and to all the aids that it obtains from overseas, except from ‘Israel’.