Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, considered, on Wednesday, that the recent parliamentary elections did not give a majority to one political group at the expense of the other, noting at the same time that if Hezbollah wanted to disrupt the elections, it would do so, pointing to the The Iranian ambassador in Lebanon did not appear during the elections, while the Saudi ambassador was “paying money,” he said in a speech that followed the release of the final results of the legislative elections a day later.
Nasrallah said: “What happened is a very big victory, and we should be proud of this victory, especially when we see the conditions of the battle and the money that was spent in this battle,” as he put it.
The Secretary-General of Hezbollah added, “The failure of the Future Movement and Prime Minister Hariri to participate in the elections requires a calm, objective and responsible approach, and builds on it,” referring to Hariri’s retirement and his party’s participation in the elections.
Nasrallah added, “The resistance and its allies and friends have a strong presence in the parliament, and we are in front of a parliament consisting of parliamentary blocs and independents, and there is no political party in the country today that has a parliamentary majority,” he said.
On the issue of disrupting and delaying the elections, which Hezbollah is accused of causing, the party’s Secretary-General said: “From the beginning, our real and serious will was to hold the elections and the discussion was to secure the best possible elections.
Nasrallah added, “Disrupting the elections was one of the lies that were practiced against the resistance and its allies, and it turned out to be false.” The US visits polling stations, and the Saudi ambassador was the most active in the election, wandering from country to country, drawing candidates and paying money,” he said.
It is noteworthy that the Iranian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah lost the parliamentary majority in the legislative elections, which saw its opponents achieve significant gains on Tuesday, in addition to the victory of a number of representatives of the protests that took place in the country, starting in 2019, with parliamentary seats.