March 14: March 8 Camp is Afraid to Form a Government and its Excuses Demonstrate its Failure

March 14 General Secretariat coordinator Fares Soaid criticized on Wednesday Speaker Nabih Berri’s recent statements on Syria, saying that they “involve Lebanon in Syria’s internal affairs in a very dangerous manner.”

He said after the general secretariat’s weekly meeting: “His statements expose Lebanon on all levels and we question such remarks seeing as they were issued from a man of state such as Nabih Berri.”

Addressing the government formation process, he noted: “The March 8 camp is demonstrating its complete political ineptness after it failed to form a Cabinet.”

“The March 14 camp is the only political group that has a central agenda to save Lebanon,” he stated.

Soaid added that eliminating the possession of illegitimate arms will end Lebanon’s crisis.

“The March 8 camp is viewing the developments in the region and it is therefore afraid to form a new government,” he stressed.

Commenting on caretaker Ali Shami’s request from Lebanon’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Nawwaf Salam, not to approve a Security Council draft statement condemning the use of violence against protestors in Syria, he said: “Lebanon’s ambassador not only represents our country, but the entire Arab world.”