A new verbal clash has erupted between Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun and Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea.
While Aoun continued to show his commitment to the "scenario" of sectarian strife, Geagea was adamant to hold the former army general responsible for any acts of violence against Christian areas.
During a press conference on Tuesday following his weekly FPM meeting, Aoun confirmed quotes attributed to him in which he said that the "next phase will witness a Christian side involved in sectarian strife."
"Absolutely not. I don't deny this scenario at all. This is how I imagined it," Aoun told reporters.
"I am a military man and a specialist in revolutionary wars. It absolutely don't it (scenario), " he stressed.
Asked whether the "side" meant was the Lebanese Forces, Aoun said: "Don't call them a 'side' but rather Christian spies because spies are found in all (political) parties."
He warned that "some Christian parties" would seek to impose a new status quo in their regions while fundamentalist groups in Palestinian camps would act the same way.
Geagea hit back at Aoun, warning that he will hold the FPM leader "responsible for any acts of violence that may be waged against any Christian area."
He was responding to a report by As-Safir newspaper in which Aoun advised Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah "to change the rules of the game."
"Why weren't the rules of the game changed in the 2009 parliamentary elections? This means that Aoun is asking Nasrallah to use force to change the rules of the game," Geagea added.
In an interview with MTV, Geagea said that "during the last five days, the other camp has given the impression that it has taken a decision to overthrow the democratic game in order to reach its objectives."
"The other camp wants to corner PM (Saad) Hariri and force him to renounce the Special Tribunal for Lebanon," Geagea noted