Franjieh: Assad’s Assessment of Situation Helped Save our Arab Identity
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Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh praised on Friday Syrian President Bashar Assad’s perseverance in the face of adversity, crediting him for maintaining the region’s Arab identity.
He said: “Assad successfully assessed the situation in the region and we can credit the Syrian regime’s perseverance for protecting our Arab identity.”
“We are banking on the Syrian regime’s secularism,” he stressed.
“Assad was right to have faith in his people and army,” the MP continued.
Furthermore, he noted that a regional and international conspiracy is seeking to topple the Syrian regime “through all possible means.”
Addressing Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi’s concerns over the fate of Christians in the region, Franjieh commented: “He is speaking of the Christians’ fears in his role as patriarch.”
“His positions stem from his conscience and convictions and he has not been ordered to issue them,” the Marada Movement leader noted.
On the selection of an electoral law, he said: “We will support what the patriarch deems as appropriate seeing as he is the unifier of Christians and Lebanese.”
A few weeks ago, al-Rahi had voiced fears during his trip to France of the ascension of extremists to power in Syria should the regime be toppled.
Such a change could threaten the presence of Christians in the region, he added.
He also said that Assad should be given more time to implement reform.
30 September 2011, 22:05
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same mistake is repeated:
sunnis sided with the palestinians in 1975
and maronites( not christians)sided with the syrian regime in 2011,
now i know why rahi remind me of rachid.
30 September 2011, 22:15
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What happened Suleiman? Did the bribe check from Bashoura not come in this week so you thought you'd say something sweet about him to remind him to send you $$$$?
Get this bro, he is on his way out, there is no more cash coming from Bashoura and your new northern neighbors don't really like the way you supported him all this time. Watch your back, judgement day is near.
30 September 2011, 22:48
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Now I am confused and lost ?????
What Arab Identity are we talking about.....
Occupied land in Syria is much bigger than Palestine itself.....who has it now ???
Unilateral control is never a definition of identity
30 September 2011, 23:02
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Thank you Mister Bachar for Preserving Our Arab Identity! This guy is a living joke, isn't he?
01 October 2011, 00:35
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Now Franjieh sounds like Aoun. Saying words that have no meaning just to be in the news. They know they benefactor only has a few months left.
01 October 2011, 12:07
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LEBANESE ARE NOT ARABS. We are Lebanese, we have our own identity. btw we are better than arabs anyway
01 October 2011, 12:22
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الصمود السوري !
مش عنوان اخر حلقة كان الممانعة و كانت مدبلجه بالفارسي؟
01 October 2011, 14:16
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Mr. Frangieh, with people like you, Lebanon will never progress. Let's see how you will act when your Master Bachar goes down.
01 October 2011, 14:34
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Bashar is protecting our arab identity...Evidently!
And what is Iran protecting for us?
01 October 2011, 15:04
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Mr Franjieh; I am Christian and I do not fear our Muslim brothers. Only haters have fear..
01 October 2011, 15:51
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To all those posting above: The barking continues unabated but the caravan keeps moving. None of you guys makes sense. You are blinded by your fanatism.
