The Kataeb Political Bureau stated that "Hezbollah is exercising maximum control over the state and monopolizing its decisions in a critical time, exploiting the war to impose its military equations and using the vacancy to impose its conditions for choosing presidents and leaders for key roles that influence political life." After a meeting presided over by the party leader, MP Sami Gemayel, the bureau observed that "the government, given this reality, is in a position of failing to fulfill its required role in protecting the country, its constitution, and its institutions by complying with the rules dictated by Hezbollah and its allies regarding participation in wars and linking what they call arenas, exposing Lebanon to unnecessary attacks and causing Lebanese people new losses in lives and properties. They then openly declare compensation for them from their own funds without any official responsible person daring to refuse to entrust the Lebanese people's affairs to entities other than their state in an unprecedented abandonment of state sovereignty. It would be more appropriate to compensate families from the Southern Fund that was established in their name."
The bureau warned against "leaving Lebanon hostage to the continuous vacancy in key security positions, from General Security to Internal Security, and risking the depletion of military leadership in light of an incomplete military council at this critical time, considering the only legal exit is to postpone the retirement of the Army Commander until after a president is elected."
On the eve of the third visit by the French envoy, the political bureau demanded "that Hezbollah and its political team abandon their presidential candidate and meet with the opposition to elect a sovereign and inclusive president, whose election would be an entry point to fill all vacant positions and strengthen Lebanon's internal situation, by regaining free decision-making and implementing international resolutions, especially 1701, and externally by restoring its international relations."
