Geagea: Koura By-Election Will Mark Beginning of the End of Other Camp’s Rule
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Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea highlighted on Friday the importance of the Koura by-election set for Sunday, saying that “it is not a by-election, but a crucial battle due to the importance of its results and their repercussions” on Lebanon.
He said: “The by-election will mark the beginning of the other camp’s rule.”
He made his remarks during a speech before the LF electoral campaign.
Geagea added: “It a is a battle aimed at rejecting what is left of the Syrian regime and its internal pawns that have long terrorized and corrupted Koura.”
“It is a battle aimed at rejecting the deteriorating security situation that the other camp has brought upon the people during the past few months,” he continued.
“It a battle against oppression, terrorism, and assassination, which is their favorite method to forge the will of the people,” noted the LF leader.
“It is a battle against those who assert on a daily basis that the Syrian regime will not collapse,” he remarked.
“We want it to be a peaceful and noble battle that will help rectify political life in Lebanon, which has become plagued by oppression, terrorism, and assassinations that are tampering with the people’s security and future of their children,” he declared.
It will be a democratic battle that will reflect the democratic elections that have swept the Arab Spring, Geagea added.
Responding to MP Suleiman Franjieh’s claims that “the LF imposed the electoral battle,” he said: “Wasn’t the vacant parliamentary seat originally occupied by an LF candidate?”
“Wasn’t he elected during the 2005 and 2009 elections by a margin of thousands of votes against his nearest rivals?” he asked.
The Koura by-election is being held to fill the Greek Orthodox seat vacated by the death of LF MP Farid Habib.
The March 8 majority is backing Syrian Social National Party candidate Walid al-Azar in the polls that are pitting him against LF candidate Fadi Karam, who has received the strong support of the March 14 opposition alliance.
Several other people have announced their candidacies but the major rivalry is between al-Azar and Karam.
Geagea continued: “Isn’t the other camp seeking to impose a battle on us by trying to take this seat away from us?”
“We are not provoking anyone, but we are pursuing peaceful methods to achieve our political goals,” he added in response to Franjieh’s statements on Thursday.
He continued: “The other side that is waging the electoral battle acts as the backbone of the government of corruption in Lebanon.”
“We want this election to mark the beginning of the end of their miserable rule,” he stressed.
“Koura will not fall victim to backwardness at a time when peoples are freeing themselves from oppression,” declared the LF leader.
This election will pave the way for the 2013 parliamentary elections, he noted.
“The Koura election is the Lebanese people’s ticket to a safer, more stable, and prosperous future,” Geagea stated.
He thanked the Future Movement, Phalange Party, National Liberal Party, and other opposition and independent parties and figures who voiced their support for the LF candidate.
Marada Movement leader MP Suleiman Franjieh had accused on Thursday the other camp of employing funds from Arab Gulf countries to ensure the success of their candidate, Fadi Karam.
“The other camp imposed this electoral battle on us,” he continued.
He also accused Geagea of “provoking the people in their regions and homes under the excuse of democracy.”
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13 July 2012, 17:40
Geagea: We hope Koura election will mark the end of their rule.
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13 July 2012, 17:37
Geagea: The residents of Koura are acquainted more than others to the oppression of the Syrian hegemony.
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13 July 2012, 17:35
Geagea: Are the Lebanese parties required to practice racial cleansing among their ranks?
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13 July 2012, 17:34
Geagea: This is a battle against those claiming that terrorism has infiltrated Lebanon.
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13 July 2012, 17:33
Geagea: We wanted it to be a peaceful battle that would help rectify the political course in Lebanon against the forces that have tampered with the people’s daily lives.
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13 July 2012, 17:32
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea during press conference on Koura by-election: This is not a by-election, but a fateful battle against the Syrian regime, deteriorating security situation, and terrorism against the people.
13 July 2012, 17:53
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As the Syrian era in Lebanon is comes to an end, Lahoud and the likes are history, and a new era emerges with Geagea promoted as president..
There is no room in this country for the moderates.
Looks like 1982 all over again..!!
13 July 2012, 17:55
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ana moch 2ouweti walla 2ouwatji, bass kalemak ya geagea kalem 7akim w 3layi ka mouwatin lebneni 2ed3am hek kalem mabda2i!
kenet bfadil law ta2em siyessi jdid bye7kom bass 2edem hodoli l khayaren 3layi koun ma3 mabed2ak!
3am betbarhin yom 3an yom ya geagea 2ennak rajol dawli.
(plz ma7ada yghanili l ghiniyi zetta 2enno mejrim w 3emil l sab3a w demmetta la2an l gheniyi khelsit medetta w btetghana lal kell!)
13 July 2012, 18:02
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Aslan if the LF didn't stand up and fight during the war, Lebanon would have been another Iran. Granted they did a lot of wrong, but so did everyone else, but had not been for them fighting for Lebanon, the identity of Lebanon would have been much different today....
13 July 2012, 18:43
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Wow , every sentence is a wow. Free ? democratic ? sovereign ? Lebanon had lost all of this when this government forced itself on Lebanon. Day to day life has never been this bad, this government, regardless of who/what it supports, is a HUGE failure. Change NEEDS to come, for the sake of the fathers, mothers and children who are the true lebanese, and not these politicians, who are all bought and paid for by other countries.
13 July 2012, 19:40
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Oh boy, didn't you confess your true colors earlier by saying and I quote " long live greater Syria", here you say and I quote: " Long live a free, democratic, sovereign Lebanon!" well which one is it, you can't have a free and democratic, sovereign Lebanon if you believe in Greater Syria which you clearly confessed, you my friend just proved that you're a one confused human being that goes for the highest bidder just like your masters in March 8, you need to sort out what you believe in and make a stand for those believes instead of being on the fence like you are, you have Zero credibility.
13 July 2012, 19:45
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How about Dr. Moufehmen Chimenchi focusing on the beginning of the end of the Assad regime, which, according to Dr. Mufehmen MIGHT fall in 2012, but then it my fall again in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018...? You get the idea.
13 July 2012, 20:30
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karim_m1, you're an idiot that have a Sunni phobia...I know a psychologist in Tareek Jdideh that can help you for FREE..hurry...lol
13 July 2012, 20:48
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Why don't you name me one politician that is clean? I know you're not calling Aoun, Berri , Nassrallah , Jumblat just to name a few clean with no blood on their hands, if you wanna be credible then don't be biased which you clearly are, but what do we expect from from CLAOUN supporter.
13 July 2012, 20:52
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Did you forget the hundred of Christians killed in the shelling of my hometown of Ashrafieh not to mention other areas by the CLAOUN, of course you have, very selective memory.
13 July 2012, 21:30
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@fadi_albeiruti, you're right, no politician is clean, so why do you guys all support some of them? I don't support Aoun nor Geagea, nor Nasrallah nor Hariri. They're all caught in the politics of the region and have done nothing to advance the interests of the Lebanese people even when they had the opportunity to do so.
If you acknowledge none are clean, why should you support any of them?
13 July 2012, 21:31
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I want anyone to challenge me right now and tell me how one politician served Lebanon's interest, or if Lebanon had made ANY progress since 1975. Both pro- and anti-Syrian governments came to govern and tell me what progress Lebanon has made?
But the Lebanese population is blind to see that and still supports politicians on the basis of their sectarian background only.
13 July 2012, 21:47
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@gcb1, I don't support anyone in Particular because like you I believe they are all crooks, but it gets old seeing the same people getting on here and bashing Hakeem as if the people they support shit don't stink, now if I have to choose one of the lesser 2 evils then I would pick March 14 anyday.
13 July 2012, 22:48
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Geagea is a complex personality. First it is true that the lebanese forces defended christian lebanese when the syrian criminal army was attacking us from dhour chweir, achrafieh, kanat bakiche, zahleh etc...
So his first days were glorious. +1 pt to geagea
Then the lebanese forces became a bunch of badly controlled thugs roaming around the christian zone looking for machekil. With geagea at their head. -1 point to geagea
Then geagea ill fated war against aoun which made christian lebanese second class citizens. -1 point to geagea
Finally his return to the political scene after a sobering prison sentence. He talks sense now. But it is difficult to forgive him. +1 point...
14 July 2012, 01:53
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The Lebanese civil war is a past tense, you fool me once shame on you, you fool me twice then shame on me. When a 30yr war does not teach you a lesson of who is really the enemy of the nation then shame on us for letting you reach the chair. The Syrian/Israeli regimes are at the same level and the real enemies of our nation, anyone who is siding with either of them post the 30yr of war shame on us for letting them reach the chair. You cannot stop the everlasting gulf money or western aids of rice and etc...this has been since Lebanon become independent from the turks/britons/french. It is undermining and evil when arms are allowed outside the state authority post the 30yr of war.
I vote KARAM simply because I am Lebanese.
14 July 2012, 04:54
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FT i think you have selective memory,what append to the army officers your Mr Oun left to die at the hand of the Syrians,has he asked for them once since he has been in power?he was the one who declared war on the LF forces.and gave east Beirut to the Syrians.i used to say we had two dopes in lebanese politics one was Aoun and the other geagea now we only have one Aoun and of course his supporters.
14 July 2012, 14:56
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aoun is the cleanest until proven otherwise? do you have any proof of anyone else's corruption or anything like that? or do you just believe aoun and nasrallah when they say they have proof but never show it?(which they've been doing for a good 7 years now)
14 July 2012, 15:01
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why go that far back slash. less than five years ago they were chanting enta l batrak ya sleiman and insulting batrak sfeir day in and day out on their so called "media outlets"
14 July 2012, 15:45
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It's OK guys this so called FT suffers from dementia, just like his boss the Claoun, FT has zero credibility.
14 July 2012, 16:53
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I can imagine a lot of you skinny fucks sitting behind a computer with your pimple faces twiddling your thumbs lashing out your bullshit comments that you cut and paste from googling ,believing you fought in a war.or even lived through it,abusing each other hating each other because you have nothing better to do.
