Berri: Cedar Revolution Set Lebanon Back 60 Years Legally, Demographically
Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday expressed his belief that “the Cedar Revolution has set Lebanon back 60 years legally and demographically, squandered public money, and provided the suitable atmosphere for further foreign intervention in Lebanon’s present and future.”
“This is the reason behind its failure,” Berri noted in a speech at a ceremony organized by the International Intellectual Conference to honor late Shiite clerics Mohammed Makki al-Jizzini and Zeineddine al-Jabhi.
Berri said recent visits to Lebanon by foreign officials were aimed at “using our country as a platform for undermining Syria.”
But he went on to say: “We are reassured that the Syrian army knows its national duties regarding the safeguarding of the borders and that Syria does not have a history of sectarian conflict.”
“The recent events in Syria have opened the door for a second Corrective Movement that should be led by President Bashar al-Assad,” Berri added.
“The political behavior of some parties has made us realize that some people are trying to defy geography and create frontlines in the North with Syria,” Berri said.
On a separate note, he stressed that “Shiite Arabs, especially the Lebanese, will not fall into the sectarian trap or be dragged into civil strife.”
“We in Lebanon will be the keenest on national unity and the coexistence formula,” Berri noted.
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