Gemayel: Sacrifices of Cedar Revolution Martyrs Paved Way for Arab Spring

Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel on Sunday vowed that “Lebanon’s spring will go on,” noting that “the sacrifices of all the martyrs of the Cedar Revolution … had paved the way for the Arab Spring.”

Speaking after a mass held at the St. Antonios Church in Jdeideh to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the assassination of his son, ex-industry minister Pierre Gemayel, the Phalange Party leader said: “As much as the tragedy is big and the wound is deep, this anniversary is a motivation for each one of us to preserve the values for which Pierre was martyred.”

“We will never forget the central role played by Pierre in the new beginning of the Phalange Party,” he added.

Gemayel stressed that “the sacrifices of all the martyrs of the Cedar Revolution have yielded a liberation and they will bring forth justice, dignity and robustness.”

The sacrifices “paved the way for the Arab Spring and we promise them that Lebanon’s spring will go on,” Gemayel pledged.