Recently, the relationship between MP Osama Saad and Hezbollah's leadership has deteriorated, a decline that began after the October 17 Revolution in 2019. This deterioration continued through several subsequent events, such as the formation of Hassan Diab's government and the assignment of Prime Minister Saad Hariri after Mustafa Adib's resignation. According to exclusive information from "Warda," since 2019, Hezbollah has been working to marginalize the Nasirist People's Organization in Sidon by creating several groups under the name "Resistance Brigades," taking advantage of the organization's poor financial situation, with many of its members previously aligned with MP Saad.
Additionally, the announcement of a new Nasirist movement called "Victory Movement," led by MP Melhem Al-Hajiri, who ran for Hezbollah's list for the Sunni seat in Arsal and is from Sidon, is considered by Saad a significant challenge to his leadership in the South's capital.
Response from the Victory Movement
Exclusive sources from the "Victory Movement" confirmed to Warda that the launch of the movement is merely an organizational step aimed at continuing the legacy of the leaders Marouf Saad and Mustafa Saad and reaffirming their principles in combating the Zionist enemy. The sources stated, "What some labeled as a split movement from the Nasirist People's Organization is, in fact, a new corrective Nasirist movement, a result of four years of patience with the organization's leadership, which has shifted its political whims away from the goals set by the two martyr leaders, Marouf and Mustafa Saad."
The sources emphasized that there is no connection between any political forces, particularly Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, and the emergence of the new movement, despite some claims made in pamphlets distributed on websites and social media that attempted to frame the launch of the Victory Movement. They affirmed that this new movement will follow the path of the martyrs Saad, supporting the resistance in word and deed, confronting corruption and corruptors away from foreign agendas, and will always stand by its people, workers, and fishermen of the city, not hesitating to assist the poor, as pledged by leader Marouf Saad.
The Nasirist Organization
It is worth noting that the Nasirist People's Organization was founded by Marouf Saad in 1973 and is one of the prominent Nasirist organizations in Lebanon. After Marouf Saad's assassination in 1975, his son Mustafa succeeded him at the head of the party. The organization participated in the resistance against Israeli occupation from 1982 to 1985, during which former president Mustafa Marouf Saad was targeted in an assassination attempt by Israel, losing his sight and was succeeded by his brother, MP Osama Saad, who has led the organization since his death to date.
