Phalange Delegation Continues Tour on Party Leaders to Discuss Neutrality Draft-Law
A Phalange Party delegation continued on Friday a tour on Lebanese rival groups to discuss the initiative proposed by the party to introduce a constitutional amendment, which calls for neutrality and dissociate the country from the conflicts surrounding it.
“We are trying to attain the largest support for our proposal,” Phalange Party MP Sami Gemayel said after talks with the head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc, Fouad Saniora.
He described the meeting as “positive,” saying: “We will take into consideration the comments before introducing the final draft.”
Gemayel considered the initiative as an “important stage in the mission of the March 14 alliance to guarantee Lebanon's sovereignty and independence.”
The delegation later headed to Ain el-Tineh to discuss the initiative with Speaker Nabih Berri, who is also the head of the AMAL movement.
The delegation is comprised of lawmakers Nadim Gemayel, Elie Marouni, Fadi el-Haber and Youssef Saadeh.
MP Nadim Gemayel said after the delegation met with Berri that it “will visit all the parliamentary blocs including Hizbullah and (Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat's) National Struggle Front bloc.”
He pointed out that the speaker supports the initiative and to dissociate the country from the regional and international developments.
The Free Patriotic Movement welcomed on Thursday the initiative, saying that it was “worth discussing.”
The Phalange Party announced on Tuesday a proposal to amend the preamble of the constitution to stipulate Lebanon's neutrality towards regional conflicts.
“The Baabda Declaration must be adopted in the constitution,” he said.
The Baabda Declaration was unanimously adopted during a national dialogue session in June 2012. It calls for Lebanon to disassociate itself from regional crises, most notably the one in Syria.
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