BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea accused Wednesday Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s government of being controlled by Hezbollah and Syria, saying that its fate was linked to the unrest in Syria.

“The events in Syria will affect the life of this government because it is originally linked to Hezbollah and Syria," Geagea told Al-Ekhbariya, an Arabic news satellite TV channel based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

“The current Lebanese government is a Hezbollah-Syria government … considering that Hezbollah and the Syrian regime were the ones that practically brought down the government or [former] Prime Minister  Saad Hariri and brought Prime Minister Najib Mikati to the post and then formed the government the shape it is now,” Geagea said.

“When Mikati was proclaimed prime minister by 67 votes, including 6 votes from MP Walid Jumblatt, all the remaining votes belonged to Syria, Hezbollah and their allies; and this is the biggest proof that the government is a Hezbollah-Syria government, " he added.

Geagea said other evidence that the government is dominated by both Hezbollah and Syria was the fact that a Cabinet lineup was announced despite President Michel Sleiman’s and Mikati’s intention to have a technocrat government.

He also cited as similar proof Lebanon’s decision to distant itself from an Arab League statement on Syria.

Geagea also said he believed the uprising in Syria came to help boost March 14’s ongoing efforts to topple the Mikati government.

He criticized Hezbollah for refusing to cooperate with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and rejecting to hand over four Hezbollah suspects indicted by the U.N.-backed court.

“If I were in Hezbollah’s shoes, I wouldn’t have acted this way...” Geagea said.