March 14 on 9th Anniversary of 'Independence Uprising': We'll Stay United and We'd Give Up Anything but State
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The March 14 forces commemorated on Friday the ninth anniversary of the “Independence Uprising” that saw the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon in 2005 by holding a ceremony that emphasized the importance of the Lebanese state and rejected Hizbullah's actions.
March 14 General Secretariat coordinator Fares Soaid said at the ceremony: “The March 14 forces will remain united and not one of its parties will be victorious over the other.”
“The Lebanese people have grown skeptical of our ability to be faithful to the major sacrifices they made at Martyrs Square in 2005,” he added.
“The March 14 camp will remain united. Its parties will be victorious together or they will be defeated together,” he continued.
“The goals of the camp are greater than whether they will take part in a cabinet or not,” remarked Soaid.
He also stressed the importance of standing against Hizbullah's arms, emphasizing the need for staging the presidential elections.
Phalange MP Sami Gemayel then took to the podium, where he launched an attack against Hizbullah's actions “that have driven the people outside of their country.”
“Our problem with Hizbullah is not that we differ in opinions, but that it did not adhere to democracy and the constitution,” he explained.
“The Lebanese people's lives over the past eight years have been usurped,” he declared.
“What kind of life has Hizbullah led us to that makes parents worry if their children will ever return home from school?” he wondered in reference to suicide-bomb attacks that have plagued Lebanon since Hizbullah acknowledged that it was taking part in the conflict in Syria.
“What kind of life are we leading?” Gemayel asked.
“We have had many disappointments with the March 14 movement because we are facing an uneven battle” against Hizbullah that employs its weapons to achieve its goals, he explained.
“The March 14 movement refuses to respond to violence with violence. I was disappointed with some concessions, but they were made for the sake of Lebanon,” MP continued.
They were made to avoid division and maintain coexistence, he added.
“We have a major responsibility towards our supporters to perform better than we did in the past nine years,” stated Gemayel.
“We must not surrender, but we must defend all that preserves our country. We must wage all battles that will defend Lebanon, its institutions, constitutions, and democracy,” he vowed.
Commenting on the ongoing dispute over the government policy statement, the MP said: “The media is saying that the dispute revolves around a single word.”
“Is it possible that the whole country has reached as standstill over a single word?” he wondered.
“This one word is the 'state' and we will never abandon it because it belongs to all of the Lebanese people,” Gemayel stressed.
“Hizbullah does not realize that the state is the place where partnership between powers is exercised,” he explained.
“The party has no choice but to return to Lebanon. It will return to the state and the Shiite population will no longer remain outside of it,” he added.
“The parents of the youths being killed in wars they have nothing to do with will not remain silent forever,” he warned in reference to Hizbullah's fighting in Syria.
“We believe in a strong state that enjoys modernity, culture, and a competent economy. This is the state that Hizbullah is depriving us of,” he declared.
“The unity of the March 14 camp will remain above all else. Our goal will remain the building of an independent and sovereign state,” he added.
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14 March 2014, 18:26
Gemayel: The unity of the March 14 camp will remain above all else. Our goal will remain the building of an independent and sovereign state.
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14 March 2014, 18:25
Gemayel: We believe in a strong state that enjoys modernity, culture, and a competent economy. This is the state that Hizbullah is depriving us of.
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14 March 2014, 18:24
Gemayel: The parents of the youths being killed in wars they have nothing to do with will not remain silent forever.
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14 March 2014, 18:23
Gemayel: Hizbullah has no choice but to return to Lebanon. It will return to the state and the Shiite population will no longer remain outside of it.
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14 March 2014, 18:22
Gemayel: Hizbullah does not realize that the state is the place where partnership between powers is exercised.
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14 March 2014, 18:21
Gemayel: The role of the state is eliminated when it is conquered by another or when is becomes a dictatorship.
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14 March 2014, 18:20
Gemayel: We want a resistance, but under the authority of the state.
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14 March 2014, 18:19
Gemayel: This one word is the state and we will never abandon it because it belongs to all of the Lebanese people.
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14 March 2014, 18:18
Gemayel on policy statement: The media is saying that the dispute revolves around a single word. Is it possible that the whole country has reached as standstill over a single word.
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14 March 2014, 18:18
Gemayel: What kind of life are we leading?
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14 March 2014, 18:17
Gemayel: What kind of life has Hizbullah led us to that makes parents worry if their children will ever return home from school?
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14 March 2014, 18:16
Gemayel: Hizbullah's actions are driving the people outside of their country and making them lose hope in Lebanon.
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14 March 2014, 18:15
Gemayel: The Lebanese people's lives over the past eight years have been usurped.
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14 March 2014, 18:14
Gemayel: Why is it that suicide-bombers did not attack Lebanon except after Hizbullah became involved in Syria? Why didn't the suicide-bombers target Turkey and Jordan?
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14 March 2014, 18:12
Gemayel accused Hizbullah of terrorizing the people and going against democracy through the force of its arms.
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14 March 2014, 18:10
Gemayel: Our problem with Hizbullah is not that we differ in opinions, but that it did not adhere to democracy and the constitution.
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14 March 2014, 18:08
Gemayel: We must not surrender, but we must defend all that preserves our country. We must wage all battles that will defend Lebanon.
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14 March 2014, 18:08
Gemayel: We have a major responsibility towards our supporters to perform better than we did in the past nine years.
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14 March 2014, 18:07
Gemayel: The March 14 movement refuses to respond to violence with violence. I was disappointed with some concessions, but it presented them for the sake of Lebanon.
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14 March 2014, 18:06
Gemayel: We have had many disappointments with the March 14 movement because we are facing an uneven battle.
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14 March 2014, 18:05
Gemayel: We do not have a supreme leader. We were born fee and raised that way.
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14 March 2014, 18:05
Gemayel: For us the March 14 alliance is not an axis, but a movement moving forward to achieve a free and independent Lebanon.
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14 March 2014, 18:04
Gemayel: On this day, we cannot but remember the Lebanese youths who stood against the Syrian regime and its intelligence apparatus.
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14 March 2014, 18:03
Gemayel: I preferred that he would be standing here before your instead of me, but he shared the fate of so many other March 14 leaders.
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14 March 2014, 18:03
Phalange MP Sami Gemayel during March 14 commemoration: Nine years ago, my brother Pierre made this same stand before you.
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14 March 2014, 17:45
Soaid: It is my duty to be frank and say that the Lebanese people are worried about their unity.
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14 March 2014, 17:44
March 14 General Secretariat coordinator Fares Soaid: History is working in favor of freedom and human dignity in our region.
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14 March 2014, 17:20
A documentary on the March 14 movement since its inception was aired at the commemoration.
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14 March 2014, 17:16
The rally began with the national anthem.
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14 March 2014, 17:13
MP Khaled al-Daher: We won't give up our rights despite all the policies of openness towards the other camp that March 14 has adopted and was met with a non-patriotic response. March 14 will stress its unity and cooperation.
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14 March 2014, 17:12
Head of al-Mustaqbal bloc ex-PM Fouad Saniora arrived at the BIEL exhibition center in Beirut.
14 March 2014, 17:41
96
how sad does it really make you? as sad as the relatives of the people that were murdered by HA and company?
14 March 2014, 17:50
97
sure. We can start with the innocent bystanders that were killed during the Rafik Harriri assassination including Rafik. Gebran Tueni and his bodyguards? Wissam al-Hassan, his bodyguard and the 6 bystanders? I can go on for long time if you'd like.
14 March 2014, 18:43
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tell me "Full-Disclosure". what are your thoughts on the Ant-Elias bombing incident?
15 March 2014, 03:47
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Proof? Everytimr they are caught red handed all you do is refute they ever happened. Do you really believe the ant Elias bombing incident was "2 car dealers settling their dispute"? The Boutrus Harb attempt was a "lie". The STL is a "kangaroo court". The Bulgaria bombing is an "Israel conspiracy". I'm curious FT. What do you consider irrefutable evidence? I'd say blowing yourself up in an attempt to plant a bomb is pretty irrefutable! Ant Elias!!!
15 March 2014, 14:42
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Fact- 2 HA operatives blew themselves up in the process of planting a bomb. Seems pretty clear to me. Am I missing something here?
14 March 2014, 17:43
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In fact hezbollah march 14 should hv refused any gov with hezbos untill retreat from syria and full obediance to the state... Anything else is not acceptable, neither for the memory of the 13 political assassinations martyrs, nor for those who escapted assassination attempt, nor for hachem salman, nor fir the vast majority of syrian people who rose against el assad...
I know u donnot agree at all mowaten but that's my opinion...
14 March 2014, 17:47
95
They tried to keep up against syrian egemony and iranian millicia, most of them after 2005 but better late than never (other used to hold patriotic speeches and are now hezbos best friends...)
That is what they did, as for a better social and financial lebanese status i donnot count on any of them (march 8 and march 14)
But to build a country, we first must have a state who at least decides of war...
Anyway i might be wrong, but again that's my opinion...
14 March 2014, 18:04
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but but but khaled said he was the most open person on earth! maybe he meant something else...
14 March 2014, 18:03
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Openness southern is not about accepting secterian arms that derails the constituion, the institutions and threaten civil peace. Openness is about simply agreeing to negotiate and make deals with those accused of murdering their politicians and leaders without pushing the country into a civil war. Their call for disarming all parties is called intolerance by people like you southern. Their call for demarcating the borders are considered as a threat to your HA southern. Their calls for disarming all militias is considered selling out to the Saudis southern .....Have a good day my friend.
14 March 2014, 18:25
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Mowaten : put simply, you, FT, Southern and co are IDIOTS.
Yes, Hezbollah should be excluded from political life until they choose to adhere to it by dropping their weapons and act as EQUALS. Until then ... they are terrorists !
14 March 2014, 18:25
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Enjoy listening to the shameless fannisa saying things while doing the opposite. art 7akeh bi balesh
14 March 2014, 18:27
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And Mowaten, Southern, and other M8 idiots, please leave your rotten stupid and irrelevant rhetoric from M8 brainwashed goldfish ....
You want to make an argument, put some logic into it. Not blunt, baseless, stupid and false accusations...
14 March 2014, 18:32
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@Southern : openness does not mean accepting your weapons of terror ! Openness means treating each others as equals. Obviously, hezbollah does not believe it's equal and therefore needs weapons to impose its views on the rest of us OPEN LEBANESE!
14 March 2014, 18:39
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Hello Phoenix and imagine1979
Answering your question imagine1979 yes I am back in Beirut will go back to the US in about 1 month
how are you?
14 March 2014, 20:10
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Hi Coolmec, wherever you go, may God be with you always and light your every step. Stay blessed bro.
14 March 2014, 20:55
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@Phoenix
Thanks Bro I Sure do appreciate your above comment. Courteous and professional as always.
Your avatar i.e Bachir brings me sweet and painful memories. I recall the day we welcomed him in LA. we had a great reception for him and Los Angeles mayor The late Tom Bradley gave him the key to the city.
Alas he was killed a few dats later and I happen to think that his death precipitated the country's decline to where we are today
14 March 2014, 19:00
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thanks for the advice mate but It won't ruin my holidays as I am on this site for fun and actually I read the comments rather than the articles and I notice the great divide amongst Lebanese and all I can say is Poor Lebanon Poor Lebanese..
They simply can't enjoy the beauty of Lebanon. I am not sure they know Lebanon is beautiful..........
oh well...
14 March 2014, 19:20
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Thanks slash I try and I am..lol
BTW are you in Leb or outside?
15 March 2014, 03:46
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So nice to see you are so moved by such a superficial meaningless stupidity. Always refreshing to know sensitive faggots still exist.
15 March 2014, 05:44
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Wrong Fifi, the 2006 government was legally formed, then the hizzies created a coup d'etat on May 7, 2008. The illegal coup d'etat resulted in the illegal and unconstittional Doha Accord, under the threat of hizzie arms. The 2009 Doha Agreement government was formed with an agreement from M8 not to resign from that government.
M8 violated their promise (like all other promises) not to resign from the 2009 government over the "false witness" red herring.
why do we never hear about false witnesses anymore, when that was the supossed reason to quit the 2009 government?
