Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri lashed out at Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah's latest speech, saying that he has completely "written off the Lebanese state" and substituted it with the party.

"The most dangerous remark by Nasrallah was not his position on the Syrian revolt or his undying defense of President Bashar Assad, but his suicidal link of the fate of Lebanon to that of Syria", Hariri said in a statement issued on Wednesday.

"We do not want to argue with Nasrallah's positions because most of them are disconnected from reality and any sense of responsibility as he has maintained his denial of the existence of the Syrian popular revolution," he added.

"Nasrallah has chosen to stand alongside the oppressors and announced his readiness to defend to the death Asssad's regime at Iran's behest", he said.

Hariri stressed that "the fate of the regime lies in the hands of the Syrian people who have taken the firm decision to topple it".

"Nasrallah announced that the Lebanese state does not exist and the Syrian regime's continued existence is more important that the existence of Lebanon," he added, "he has erased Lebanon off the political map".

"Hezbollah alone makes decisions on behalf of the Lebanese people and it alone orders that Lebanon be dragged into regional and civil wars," Hariri noted.

The former PM carried on his criticism against Hezbollah, saying that the latter "alone has the right to issue fatwas to combat Syrians on their own soil and it alone has the right to direct insult after insult against the Lebanese state and army by repeatedly highlighting its inability to protect the Lebanese people".

"Hezbollah alone is controlling Lebanon's fate and its secretary general not only announced the party's participation in the Syrian unrest, but he is threatening to spread this instability to Lebanon," he warned.

"Nasrallah announced the formation of an army to defend Lebanon's Shiites in the region and the entire world in a manner that makes it seem that the sect belongs to the party and is an entity independent from the state," he continued.

"Based on this mentality, the party has given itself the right to expand its operations from southern Lebanon to include Syria's al-Qusyar region and Sayyeda Zainab shrine under the excuse of defending holy sites," he remarked.

"Nasrallah announced that the Lebanese state is Hezbollah's hostage and the Lebanese people, starting with the president, primer minister, and speaker, have to base their actions based on this reality," he noted.

Moreover, Hariri warned that "Hezbollah is leading Lebanon, starting with the Shiite sect, towards destruction and strife and we warn the Lebanese against falling victim to them".

"This warning is directed to the national leaderships that are searching for constitutional and political solutions to form a new government and stage the parliamentary elections", he explained.

Hariri also said that "some sides however are linking their fate to that of the Syrian regime, and they will therefore not hesitate in sacrificing national Islamic unity for the sake of Assad's victory".

Hariri pointed out that Hezbollah will inevitably find support among the allies of the Syrian regime in Lebanon, "but we are betting on the real majority of Lebanese people and the free people of the Shiite sect who will not acquiesce to sacrifice their country and national unity for the sake of Hizbullah, Iran, and the Syrian regime".