The former Secretary General of Hezbollah, Subhi al-Tufayli, has slammed the party, accusing it of taking the Lebanese government “hostage.”
In remarks to the Central News Agency (Al Markazia) on Friday, Tufayli, who for years has opposed Hezbollah’s policies, said that the party is adopting “destructive” stances “to paralyze and disintegrate state institutions.”
He dubbed Hezbollah and its ally the Free Patriotic Movement, which has been founded by President Michel Aoun, as the “corrupt duo.”
“Taking the cabinet captive and preventing the state from functioning is part of (Hezbollah’s) destructive policy,” he said.
The cabinet formed in September has not met in more than two months amid a political row on the investigation into the 2020 Beirut Port blast.
Hezbollah wants the lead investigator, Judge Tareq Bitar, to step down.
“The country has been destroyed, the state has been lost and the people have gone hungry under the reign of the corrupt duo - Hezbollah and the FPM,” Tufayli said.
