Gemayel Says Property Seizure a Recipe for 'Civil Strife'
Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel on Wednesday stressed that “land is as important as dignity and sovereignty,” warning that “persistence in the seizure of others’ property” might lead to “civil strife.”
Maronite “Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi has made a lauded initiative and we support him in his bid to solve the dispute over land owned by the church,” Gemayel said during a visit to the Jbeil District town of al-Ghabat, which borders the predominantly Shiite town of Lassa – the scene of recent controversy over property rights between locals and the Maronite Patriarchate.
“If this issue is not resolved, a major sedition will hit the area,” Gemayel warned.
He cautioned against “a return to the principle of security zones,” noting that “those spreading the approach of supremacy through the sway of their weapons are the ones to blame for spreading the culture of violating private and public property.”
Gemayel lashed out at “those who are claiming that their weapons are pointed in a certain direction while they are actually pointed at their fellow residents.”
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