Hezbollah Says External Pressures Forced the Mikati Resignation
Sources close to Hezbollah consider the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Mikati to be the result of pressure from outisde powers, writes Nasser Chararah.
Hezbollah is about to adopt a strict policy regarding the topics to be discussed at the negotiating table in order to reach an internal consensus to end the crisis that has plagued Lebanon since last year. There is a conviction within the party that Washington has taken a decision to place political pressure on Hezbollah in order to weaken its position within the power equation in Lebanon and tighten the regional and international siege on it.
Amid these developments came the surprise resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, with the aim of leaving Hezbollah outside the legitimacy of the state in Lebanon, as a prelude to depriving it of any internal support in the face of the US pressures, which are expected to escalate, according to a source close to the party.
According to this source, Washington advised Mikati to resign early this year, but left the final choice of the timing for him to make based on the Lebanese political circumstances.
The source talked to Al-Monitor said that Hezbollah believes that the West no longer considers that the main danger threatening as coming from the Syrian crisis, but from Hezbollah's negative role in the internal arena, its position toward the Syrian crisis and its active terrorist cells in countries in the region and across the world.
