BEIRUT, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah party, said on Monday that the protests against a satire show mocking him were spontaneous and not organized by his party.
On Thursday night, a satirical program had been shown on Christian TV station LBC, criticizing Nasrallah and his Hezbollah.
Shortly after the end of the program, demonstrators from the mainly Shiite Beirut southern suburbs took to the street to protest against the TV show. They targeted mainly Christian or Sunni Muslim neighborhoods of the capital, burning tires and blocking roads.
Nasrallah told a press conference on Monday that the protests that took place on Thursday and Friday and led to damages to public and private property was not organized by his party, slamming the TV program that led to the public outcry.
Meanwhile, Nasrallah refuted accusations by the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority that Hezbollah, or Party of God, was behind the protests.
"There are people who are benefiting from the tension (in the country). They can only impose their political plan by increasing tension," said Nasrallah in reference to the March 14 Forces, a party of parliamentary majority.
He added that he would stand up to all plans aimed at defeating or disarming the anti-Israeli resistance. "All that is taking place in Lebanon will not undermine the resistance or discourage it from continuing the struggle." Enditem
