Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq sought to quell claims that he may not attend the next round of dialogue between the Mustaqbal Movement and Hizbullah, saying that such a decision would be his alone and not someone else's, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper on Thursday.
He told the daily: “Patience does not mean surrender.”
“I have waited a whole year to announce a central stance on issues and I hope this is clear,” he said in reference to his recent criticism of Hizbullah.
“I issued a warning to all the Lebanese. When we want to leave the dialogue, then we will leave through our own freewill, not through taking pride in acts of abandonment that they have practiced against us in four years,” the minister continued.
“We have seen how such acts have affected the country,” he remarked.
Mashnouq warned on Friday that the movement might quit the government and the ongoing dialogue if the political deadlock continues in the country.
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday voiced his party's commitment to the government and dialogue, adding: “We refuse to be blackmailed. Those who wish to stay in the dialogue sessions and the government are welcome, and those who wish to leave, are free to do so.”
Fuente: http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/192566-mashnouq-on-attending-mustaqba...
