Gemayel: Lebanon's Salvation Can't Be Achieved without Complete Loyalty to Country
Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel stated on Saturday that two armies cannot exist in one country because that would contradict the demands of sovereignty and the official armed forces, reported Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5).
He told the radio: “Lebanon's salvation cannot be achieved without complete loyalty to the nation.”
On this note, he praised President Michel Suleiman and former Premier Saad Hariri's speeches on Thursday and Friday respectively, saying that they laid the foundations for dialogue.
“Hariri's speech demonstrated that the Mustaqbal Movement is keen on respecting national principles and leading the country towards moderation that alone can save Lebanon,” remarked Gemayel.
“We hope that the alliance between the Phalange Party and Mustaqbal Movement would come to include other factions in the country, especially Shiites, because national interests cannot be met without all parties,” he stressed.
Commenting on Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's speech on Friday, Gemayel noted: “The concept of a resistance party alongside the army enforces the idea of two leaderships, sets of weapons, and 'Lebanons'.”
“A resistance alongside the army is contradictory and will create chaos,” he warned.
In a ceremony marking the 68th anniversary of the army’s founding on Thursday, Suleiman criticized Hizbullah without naming it, saying it was time for the Lebanese state and the army to be the sole decision-makers on the use of the nation's capabilities
Hariri on Friday criticized Hizbullah's involvement in Syria, adding that the state and illegal weapons "cannot coexist."
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