Nadim Gemayel: Suleiman, Al-Rahi’s Stance on Weapons Encourages Others to Turn to Arms

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Phalange Party MP Nadim Gemayel condemned on Wednesday the possession of illegitimate arms in Lebanon, saying that President Michel Suleiman and Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi’s positions on Hizbullah’s weapons won’t change the fact that they are illegitimate.

He said after a mass commemorating the 29th anniversary of the assassination of his father, former President Bashir Gemayel: “They believe that the army cannot protect Lebanon and therefore allowing one faction to carry arms encourages others to turn to arms as well.”

“These weapons have been used on the internal scene and at every major political moment in order to terrorize the people and impose their ideology and state on them,” he added.

“We have learned from Bashir and all martyrs not to hesitate in defending the nation,” he continued.

Gemayel said: “We refuse to be ruled by the power of the arms and those who claim to be defending the country.”

“I am issuing a final call to them to retract their stances so that they don’t drag us back to the time of Syrian hegemony and into wars that have destroyed the country,” he stressed.

On the developments in Syria, he said: “The Syrian people are striving for freedom and the Lebanese state does not have the right to defend the Syrian regime at the U.N. Security Council and Arab League as massacres are being committed against the people.”

“We cannot forget that it is this same regime that committed the ugliest massacres against our people and economy …. This system cannot defend anyone and it must step down,” he declared.

“I would like to remind some spiritual and secular Christians that Christianity was built on martyrdom and sacrifice and had the early Christians succumbed to dictators, there would be no Christians in Syria today,” the MP added.

“We cannot trivialize the martyrdom of saints by calling for submission to the rule of tyrants such as Syrian President Bashar Assad,” Gemayel said.

“We have a major and historic opportunity to achieve real reconciliation between the Syrian and Lebanese people,” he remarked.

Comments 19
Default-user-icon XB1 (Guest) 14 September 2011, 19:38

Khali yi7mol sle7 la la7o. alla yir7am bayyo, ken rijel bil fi3il mish bas bil 7aki

Thumb shab 14 September 2011, 19:38

he's right

Default-user-icon jabal amel (Guest) 14 September 2011, 19:43

hahahaha shab you are hillarious.

why don't your filthy zionist militia try to come back to lebanon and try to set up him as a president.

maybe gemayel and lady gaga manage to collect some 10 followers to help your filthy militia

Default-user-icon Gabby (Guest) 14 September 2011, 19:50

Bravo!! The kind of thinking and speaking we need.

What a breath of fresh air instead of Nassy, Raad, Qasem, and Aoun.

Default-user-icon jabal amel (Guest) 14 September 2011, 19:57

“I am issuing a final call to them to retract their stances so that they don’t drag us back to the time of Syrian hegemony and into wars that have destroyed the country,”

excuse me?

let's put aside the fact that he forgot the zionist invansion during that time.
of course, it's not politicaly opportune to speak about that when your family colaborated with them. but ok, let's put that aside.

BUT HE IS THREATENING WITH ANOTHER CIVIL WAR?!?!?!?

Default-user-icon National in Lebanon (Guest) 14 September 2011, 20:03

There is no Lebanese community your father did not massacre. The only people the mass murderer Bashir Gemael did not fight was the Israelis who made the little Hitler "president". Do you want the Lebanese to turn to arms to fight Israel or fight for Israel? You and the Right wing Fascist militia days are long gone.

Missing sikoflebanon 14 September 2011, 20:04

It's about time you nancys (M14) get some weapons

Default-user-icon MUSTAPHA O. GHALAYINI (Guest) 14 September 2011, 20:29

what took u soooooo long?
look at saado he waited too long, where is he right now????
BILAD EL ARZ ARE PREVAILING

Default-user-icon Le Phenicien (Guest) 14 September 2011, 21:29

Longing to carry some Muslim heads in your hands like your bloodthirsty father, huh? Times have changed kid. In the next civil war, so-called party leader like you will be caught and put in a cage during the first day.

Missing anerares 14 September 2011, 21:48

As a Christian, I am ashamed to hear this man threaten violence against the Patriarch.

Thumb Marc 14 September 2011, 21:50

Why do they refer to Bashir as a former President? He was President Elect and the Mosad took him out after his trip to Saudi Arabia and few days after he said he will build the strongest army in the Middle East!

Yes, Hizballah's arms are illegitimate but carrying having weapons on the other side will not solve this problem. Only solution is full withdrawal of Israelis from all occupied Lebanese territories and then merging the weapons and experience with the central Lebanese Army. Civil wars will take us no where.... I know, I was part of it back in the 70's

Thumb mrbrain 14 September 2011, 22:12

He is Far Right..................and far away from any achievement...
His statement is related, to certain extent, to his fight with his cousin .....
I don't think there is a need for further comments and analysis

MrBrain

Default-user-icon jacqueline (Guest) 14 September 2011, 23:48

jabal amel please emigrate to your country iran and leave us lebanese alone!

Thumb anonymouslb 14 September 2011, 23:59

Forget about all these ghosts, dead or alive.... B Gemayel, a Gemayel, aoun, jumblat, nasrallah , hariri brought or will only bring death and despair.... Dump this filth in the trash can of history and let's build a new modern progressive Lebanon as a beacon to the Arab world... Ps: what about the 150 thousand victims of the war?

Default-user-icon consequence (Guest) 15 September 2011, 01:25

enough is enough. either hezbollah disarms..... or the others groups will be forced to arm themselves.

Thumb ado.australia 15 September 2011, 03:23

Old man... Not funny!

Young Nadim is more his mother than father. No amount of tough talk will change that.

Marc, I agree with every word.

Default-user-icon knight templar (Guest) 15 September 2011, 08:41

in the name of the father the son & the holly spirit
2allah yer7amak ya sheykh bashir
NAdim you are not bashir
a wise man would do his best to prevent war
but if situations continue like this we will see new bashirs in the future

Default-user-icon jabal amel (Guest) 15 September 2011, 12:47

i see filthy zionist information war department got aroused by the potential traitor in lebanon.

jerk off, losers

Default-user-icon marie (Guest) 15 September 2011, 18:19

jabal amel, please cool it and just watch and learn, going back to Iran will do you a lot of good and it will bring you back to your roots and traditions, keep those traditions for you and yours we do not need them in lebanon! we do not want terrorist like your folk around us! so please understand we are different to your folks and wish to remain different forever!