Gemayel Warns from Turkey of 'Dormant Dictator Cells' Being Protected by Totalitarian Regimes
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel warned on Friday of forces in the Arab world that may seek to impose new dictatorships in the region.
He noted the existence of “dormant dictator cells” in the Arab world that are being protected by totalitarian regimes.
He made his remarks from a conference in Turkey on the Muslim and Christian positions on the Arab Spring and peace in the Middle East.
Gemayel called for a “radical” way to spread the principles of democracy, freedom, and diversity in the Arab world “in a manner that would help achieve real peace in the region.”
“The peaceful religious and political movements are beginning to accept the democratic approach in the Arab world,” he continued.
The Phalange Party chief hoped Muslims and Christians would overcome their differences with dialogue in order to achieve “real partnership between the state and society.”
The conference was attended by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a number of Muslim and Christian figures from the Arab world, including Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani and the Maronite patriarch's representative Archbishop Boulos al-Sayyah.
07 September 2012, 18:17
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Goumayel should first look at the totalitarian regime in Lebanon. He and the likes of him are families that dominated the political scene since lebanon took independence. If this is not totalitarian regime, what is? Lebanon is owned by a handful of families that rip off its resources becoming multi-rich from corruption. He should first change this in Lebanon and then look at Syria.
