“Main factions in opposition present, smaller factions absent”
“Main factions in opposition present, smaller factions absent”
Al Hayat, an independent Saudi owned newspaper, reported in its January 24 issue about the protest implemented by the opposition yesterday in Lebanon. The newspaper wrote: “The black smoke which hid the sky over Lebanon yesterday might be a pointer to where the general situation is going if it wasn’t replaced soon by white smoke which seems to be facing difficulties in rising especially as leaders in the opposition confirmed to Al Hayat that what happened so far is nothing compared to what will happen later on if the government and the forces of the majority insisted on closing all the doors in the face of a political settlement. But the quantities of black smoke didn’t hide the political scene of the opposition in the light of the absence of some of the forces of the opposition who contradicted their own statements about their preparations for the escalation.”
The newspaper added: “Except for the effective presence of the supporters of Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement and to a lesser degree the supporters of the Amal movement and the Al-Muradah movement headed by the ex minister Suleiman Franjiyyeh, the other forces with their varied names decided to absent themselves from this escalatory protest while yet other forces such as the Nasseri movement in Saida and the supporters of the head of the popular coalition Elie Skaf in Zahle were not able to control their areas of influence and had to back down for more than one reason. While the reasons behind the absence of Al-Tashnaq party, one of the allies of General Aoun, from the movement after it had made promises in front of its allies to participate heavily on the ground, Skaf, who had personally asked his supporters to heed the call for the general strike, made a mistake when he used some of the symbols of the previous political period to convince the owners of the shops to close down...”
The newspaper continued: “What took place on the ground throughout Lebanon revealed the weakness of these forces and their inability to drag the street along with their attitudes. The opposition will have to re-evaluate its calculations, not regarding the escalatory protests, but towards taking into account the fragility of the support of some personalities and parties that issued statements that do not befit the number of their supporters…” - Al Hayat, United Kingdom
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Al Hayat, an independent Saudi owned newspaper, reported in its January 24 issue about the protest implemented by the opposition yesterday in Lebanon. The newspaper wrote: “The black smoke which hid the sky over Lebanon yesterday might be a pointer to where the general situation is going if it wasn’t replaced soon by white smoke which seems to be facing difficulties in rising especially as leaders in the opposition confirmed to Al Hayat that what happened so far is nothing compared to what will happen later on if the government and the forces of the majority insisted on closing all the doors in the face of a political settlement. But the quantities of black smoke didn’t hide the political scene of the opposition in the light of the absence of some of the forces of the opposition who contradicted their own statements about their preparations for the escalation.”
The newspaper added: “Except for the effective presence of the supporters of Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement and to a lesser degree the supporters of the Amal movement and the Al-Muradah movement headed by the ex minister Suleiman Franjiyyeh, the other forces with their varied names decided to absent themselves from this escalatory protest while yet other forces such as the Nasseri movement in Saida and the supporters of the head of the popular coalition Elie Skaf in Zahle were not able to control their areas of influence and had to back down for more than one reason. While the reasons behind the absence of Al-Tashnaq party, one of the allies of General Aoun, from the movement after it had made promises in front of its allies to participate heavily on the ground, Skaf, who had personally asked his supporters to heed the call for the general strike, made a mistake when he used some of the symbols of the previous political period to convince the owners of the shops to close down...”
The newspaper continued: “What took place on the ground throughout Lebanon revealed the weakness of these forces and their inability to drag the street along with their attitudes. The opposition will have to re-evaluate its calculations, not regarding the escalatory protests, but towards taking into account the fragility of the support of some personalities and parties that issued statements that do not befit the number of their supporters…” - Al Hayat, United Kingdom
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