Phalange Party Urges Hizbullah to Recognize ‘Exclusive Legitimacy of State Arms’
The Phalange Party warned Monday that chaos is the alternative of national dialogue, calling on President Michel Suleiman and the country's leaders to broaden the discussions in the dialogue committee and move to “rescue Lebanon from all illegitimate arms.”
In a statement issued after a meeting of its political bureau, the Phalange Party said that “Hizbullah's weapons have started spawning other weapons, which might turn Lebanon into an arsenal of illegal arms,” calling on the party officials to “shoulder their national responsibility and present a vision about their arms and to acknowledge the exclusive legitimacy of the state’s weapons.”
The Phalange party expressed its concern regarding the “tensed political and security atmosphere, mainly the events in Palestinian camps, the exposing and endangering of the army, as well as the tit-for-tat abductions and the blocking of the airport road.”
The statement called on the cabinet to provide “full political support to the military and security forces in their efforts to maintain peace and stability in the country.”
The party applauded the meeting held between a March 14 delegation and Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi, hoping for “continuous communication to restore essential common principles between the patriarchate and the Maronite leaders, mainly the issues of illegitimate arms and regional developments.”
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