BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah said Thursday options before President Emile Lahoud vis-a-vis the situation in Lebanon were "constitutional" which would safeguard the interests of all Lebanese people.

MP Mohammad Raad, representing Hezbollah in the parliament, told reporters after a meeting with Lahoud that the situation in Lebanon was "deteriorating."

He accused the government of carrying out "constitutional violations and illegal practices." Raad, on the dialogue between the Lebanese parties in Paris, said Hezbollah has welcomed the dialogue and confirmed their participation.

"We believe there will be a positive atmosphere (of this dialogue) and might establish a solution paving way for the transformation of Lebanon to another phase," he said.
Raad said the opposition was in agreement that the way out of the political dispute in Lebanon should be through the constitution.

Commenting on the clashes between the Lebanese army and the Fatah Al-Islam militants in Nahr Al-Bared camp, the Hezbollah MP said his party was fully behind the Lebanese army.

He called for the prosecution of the aggressors to end the conflict. -Kuna