The head of the Arab Tawhid Party, Wiam Wahhab, appears with his direct, no-nonsense tone to deliver a sharp reading of the Lebanese scene. Wahhab asserts that Hezbollah has become a force stronger than the state and the army combined, and he believes that talk of handing over its weapons is nothing more than a political illusion with no practical execution on the ground. He speaks from a firm conviction that the current balance of power in Lebanon does not allow for any shift in the security equation, and that the party has become a fixed part of the country’s political structure, whether the Lebanese agree with that or not.
Wahhab touches on the slogans calling for the state to monopolize all weapons, describing them as a “political luxury” that does not align with the reality of a country whose internal divisions are intertwined with regional conflicts. He hints that any attempt to impose this proposal could lead to serious instability. In the end, the video presents a picture of Lebanon’s chronic dilemma: a state struggling to reclaim its authority, and an armed force asserting its presence through equations that exceed the bounds of traditional politics.
