Phalange Party Calls for Forming 'Salvation Government'

The Phalange Party on Monday warned that the current political bickering in the country might lead to a “dangerous power impasse” and called for forming a “salvation government.”

“The domestic arena needs to be immunized in the face of the storms lashing the region,” the Phalange Party’s political bureau urged after its weekly meeting, calling for the formation of a “salvation government enjoying the necessary sense of responsibility and disregard of personal interests.”

The party noted that the thorny issue of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon must not only revolve about whether to finance or not finance the court, but rather about Lebanon’s “approach towards justice.”

“The (2007) U.N. resolution on the tribunal was passed under Chapter 7 and it became in the custody of the Security Council; hence, the Lebanese situation cannot influence it anymore,” it added.

The Phalange politburo called on everyone to “show responsibility, first towards the dozens of martyrs who must be served justice through the unveiling of their killers, and second towards the international community which is helping Lebanon leave behind the principle of impunity from prosecution and join the ranks of countries enjoying deep-rooted democracy.”