Nasrallah calls Lebanese to have a stance regarding Caesar Act, says current situation doesn't tolerate government change

Hezbollah's Secretary General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said in a televised speech on Tuesday that the Lebanese people are demanded to have a stance regarding the American Caesar Act, which he deemed as "brutal" and "oppressive."

"America's resort to Caesar's act resembles an evidence of Syria’s victory in the military war because it is the US’ last weapon," said Nasrallah, adding that "Syria's allies who stood with it in the security and military war will not abandon it in facing the economic war."

He continued: "The target of Caesar’s Act is the Syrian people, the return to chaos and civil war.

The Lebanese should not be happy with Caesar’s Act because it harms them a lot and perhaps more than Syria."

"I understand the government's inability to confront the US, but what I am calling for is not submitting to Caesar’s Act," he stressed.

Nasrallah also said that "there is firm and definitive information that the Americans are preventing the transfer of sufficient and necessary quantities of dollar to Lebanon."

"The Americans are interfering and pressing the Central Bank to prevent poring dollar into the market. We are the ones who are bringing the dollar to Lebanon, and we are not the ones who collect it," he asserted.

He added: "There is a Lebanese bank that is protected from certain political entities which had since August 2019 collected tens of millions of dollars and transferred them out of Lebanon. According to official statements and records, 20 billion dollars were taken out of the banks, who did that?"

"The issue of the dollar is an American conspiracy against Lebanon, its people, currency and economy, and there are those who are managing this process," said Nasrallah.

He continued: "The issue of the dollar and price hikes is no longer a topic of the free and capitalist economic system, but rather a topic of national security."

He went on to say: "Can we find a state like Iran which sells the Lebanese state or companies gasoline, gas, and diesel?

Before heading to Iran or any other country, the Lebanese must accept find solutions to the economic crisis

There is a fast-track and railway project from Tripoli to Naqoura. If this project happens, it will bring money and job opportunities to the country."

He said: "The Chinese companies are ready to build up electricity factories, and this will create jobs for the Lebanese," adding that "The Americans use Lebanon and its economy to achieve their interests, that is, the security of 'Israel' as well as the maritime and land borders."

He continued: "Waiting the Americans means humiliation, hunger and submission. The Americans are pressuring Lebanon, not because they love the Lebanese people, but because they are punishing them. The Americans are not keen on the laws while they are trampling them."

"For those who bet on starving or leaving the country hungry, I confirm that this will not happen," said Nasrallah.

"If the equation is starvation versus weapons, we have an equation greater than this and I will not talk about it today. And I ask them to analyze," he underlined.

"For those threatening us that they will kill us with weapons or hunger, I say; Our weapons will remain with us, we will not starve, and we will kill you. We will kill you," he affirmed.

"They want to kill our people after starving and humiliating them and we will not allow this to happen," he stressed.

Moreover, Nasrallah said that "talking about the government’s resignation is baseless and is part of rumors; we didn’t discuss any related thing at all."

He added: "We consider that Lebanon’s interest is in the continuity of this government and exerting the possible efforts because the current situation doesn’t tolerate any transformations on this level."

He went on to say: "Any steps for approaching and calming the situation between different political forces must be motivated and taken out of the political bazar."

He indicated that demanding rights was acceptable and a must, but making the protest movement carry the 1559 umbrella was negative and wrong.

Also, he considered that "Referring the slogans of disarming the resistance to the October 17 protests is unjust towards this protest movement."

"One of the things that we had warned about during the protests was colliding with the army, insulting and blocking roads," he said.

"When protests erupted over the rise in the dollar exchange rate and acts of violence occurred in Beirut and Tripoli, some held the Shiite duo responsible and said that Hezbollah and Amal sought to topple the government," he recalled.

"In the past, the same sides fabricated and claimed that this is Hezbollah’s government, so is Hezbollah stupid to topple its government? This is a sign of confusion and absurdity," he indicated.

"A lot of those who took to the streets on October 17 do not believe in these stances and do not have a hostile stance towards the resistance," he said.

"Lebanon is suffering from moral failure and degradation on social media, and there is difficulty in fully and thoroughly controlling these platforms," said Nasrallah.

"It is the responsibility of all political and religious forces not to allow our country fall into chaos, sectarian or political strife," he stressed.

"We must face things with responsibility as long as there is moral degradation insecurity and media fabrications," he added.

"The involvement of political and religious leaders in sectarian incitement amounts to moral betrayal," he said. "Incitement is much more dangerous than the attacks on public property because it evokes sedition."

"We condemn the malicious campaign to hold the Shiite forces responsible for burning and destroying the properties during Saturday's protests," he said.

"Holding Hezbollah and the Amal Movement responsible for the individual actions of some people in their environment is unjust," he saw.

"The accusations against Hezbollah and the Amal movement have reached a great level of degradation and humiliation," he added.

"The main issue regarding the high price of dollar is related to the law of supply and demand," he explained.