Gemayel Urges Phalangists to Defend Lebanon Borders in Int'l Forums

Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel said Tuesday that “international justice, after the release of the indictment in the assassination of the Cedar Revolution’s leaders, is the best possible framework for preventing political crime in Lebanon and putting an end to assassinations and acts of terror.”

In a speech at the Phalangist Diaspora General Convention in the Northern Metn town of Dbaye, Gemayel called on his party members to “engage in the battle for rescuing the Lebanese entity, the coexistence pact, the political system and the independence.”

“The Phalange Party’s scheme is clear: the building of a free state enjoying sovereignty over every inch of its territory, a civil and decentralized state that believes in democracy,” Gemayel added.

He voiced rejection of “the other schemes that have started to show up which are outdated replications of repressive, tyrannical regimes.”

These alleged schemes “do not believe in the right of the Lebanese people to self-determination and its yearning to build the state of law,” Gemayel added.

He also called on “the comrades to effectively participate in supporting the Lebanese causes in international forums, especially in supporting the implementation of all international resolutions issued for the sake of Lebanon, as well as in safeguarding our national rights against the breaches of our land and maritime borders and our national resources.”