Suleiman: There Is No Independence When Lebanese Groups Fight in Other Countries' Wars
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
President Michel Suleiman stated on Thursday that there is no independence in the country when armed groups get involved in a neighboring country's war.
“There is no independence when some Lebanese factions disregard national consensus, risk Lebanon's stability and get involved in the fighting in a neighboring country's war,” Suleiman said in a speech he gave on the eve of Independence Day.
He added: “There is also no independence if security forces were not the only groups authorized to carry arms in the country.”
Suleiman considered that the national crisis that is paralyzing the work of the state's institutions “draws question marks around the meaning of independence, of democratic practices and of the Lebanese system and whether it serves the national interests.”
He urged political leaders not to allow vacuum in the states' institutions, stressing also on the importance of holding the presidential election on time.
“The coming months must not be a waste of time but an opportunity to reach consensus over an electoral law, to withdraw from Syria, to start national dialogue sessions, to adopt administrative decentralization and to form a committee to follow up on the issue of those missing in the war.”
He called for “returning to the rule of law, abiding by the constitutions and becoming under the authority of the state and its institutions in order to avoid strife.”
He said: “We stress on our national unity and on religious coexistence. I call on you to contribute to the building of a just and capable state that the younger generations aspire to have.”
“I am confident that Lebanon cannot conform with extremist and totalitarian policies.”
In his “last” Independence Day speech, the president listed the efforts he has exerted to gather international support for Lebanon, in order for the country to be capable to deal with the numerous challenges facing it.
“We have sought to place Lebanon again as a power on the international scene, and as an independent and sovereign country to attract investors,” Suleiman said.
He continued: “Diplomatic efforts exerted have contributed to the formation of an international group of countries that are seeking support for Lebanon, to endorse its economy and find solutions to the refugees' crisis.”
“We held an international summit in Kuwait to share the financial burdens of the refugees' crisis and another meeting will take place at the beginning of 2014.”
He warned, however, that the Lebanese state “will not hesitate to take any decision if its existence was threatened, in case the international community does not fulfill its duties towards the refugees' crisis.”
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21 November 2013, 20:15
Suleiman: Lebanon will remain a strong, independent and capable country, as we all desire.
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21 November 2013, 20:15
Suleiman: I call on you to contribute to the building of a just and capable state that the younger generations aspire to have. I am confident that Lebanon cannot conform with extremist and totalitarian policies.
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21 November 2013, 20:14
Suleiman: The coming months must not be a waste of time but an opportunity to reach consensus over an electoral law, to withdraw from Syria, to start national dialogue sessions, to adopt administrative decentralization and form a committee to follow up on the issue of those missing in the war.
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21 November 2013, 20:13
Suleiman: I urge returning to the rule of law, abiding by the constitutions and becoming under the authority of the state and its institutions in order to avoid strife.
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21 November 2013, 20:12
Suleiman: I call on political figures not to allow vacuum in the country, amid the presence of a parliament with an extended mandate. Do not allow anyone to let you take risks related to national matters.
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21 November 2013, 20:11
Suleiman: We stress on our national unity and on religious coexistence.
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21 November 2013, 20:11
Suleiman: The Lebanese state will not hesitate to take any decision if its existence was threatened, in case the international community does not fulfill its duties.
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21 November 2013, 20:10
Suleiman: We held an international summit in Kuwait to share the financial burdens of the refugees and another meeting will take place at the beginning of 2014. We have asked to host refugees inside Syrian territories and for reaching a political solution that allows them to return to their country.
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21 November 2013, 20:09
Suleiman: Diplomatic efforts exerted on September 25 have contributed to the formation of an international group of countries that are seeking support to Lebanon, in order to endorse Lebanon's economy and find solutions to the refugees' crisis.
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21 November 2013, 20:08
Suleiman: We have sought to represent Lebanon again as a power on the international scene as an independent and sovereign country in order to attract investors.
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21 November 2013, 20:08
Suleiman: The disciplinary bodies that were founded in the municipalities could be a step to strengthen work in these administrations, to abide by the laws and regulations and to adopt administrative decentralization.
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21 November 2013, 20:07
Suleiman: I have launched a work plan that tackles health issues and everything that concerns the citizen, and we have set a mechanism for administrative nominations that was adopted by the cabinet.
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21 November 2013, 20:05
Suleiman: We are keen on preserving all our national potentials to face the enemy and on implementing resolution 1701 and all its articles.
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21 November 2013, 20:05
Suleiman: The Baabda Declaration stressed the importance of neutralizing Lebanon from regional conflicts.
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21 November 2013, 20:03
Suleiman: There is no independence if security forces were not the only groups authorized to carry arms.
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21 November 2013, 20:02
Suleiman: There is no independence when some Lebanese factions disregard national consensus and get involved in the fighting in a neighboring country and risked civil stability.
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21 November 2013, 20:02
President Michel Suleiman: If is lamentable if we do not succeed in holding the presidential elections next year and the explosion on Tuesday came to prove that terrorism is threatening the country.
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21 November 2013, 20:01
President Michel Suleiman in a speech on the eve of Independence Day: The national crisis that is paralyzing the work of the state's institutions draws question marks around the meaning of independence, of democratic practices and of the Lebanese system and whether it serves the national interests.
21 November 2013, 20:22
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Tara-ta-ta general!
Oh wait, it's not Tuesday? It's the other general, the one who became our beloved PRESIDENT! Yes!!!!
Tara-ta-ta Mr president!
:-)
21 November 2013, 21:49
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¡joke aside, his life is in peril!
it would be hizbula's last card, and they'all blow him up if they r cornered.
22 November 2013, 00:26
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is it Colombians?
I'm talking about the marijuana u r smoking, I know it's the best one, but u shouldn't comment online right after flying high. M14 will never worship terrorists. unlike u.
22 November 2013, 00:55
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the enemy of my enemy is my friend is not a rule in (geo)politics.
22 November 2013, 00:56
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any evidence that m14 as a group is financing fsa or just some empty m8 rhetoric ?
22 November 2013, 01:32
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"M14 has found itself cheering and worshiping nusra and qaeda. "
where did you see that other than in your deranged mind? LOL
22 November 2013, 11:26
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then it is a sign of pure stupidity to say that those posting here are the official voices of M14....
but no wonder coming from you....
22 November 2013, 01:34
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you DO support assad little worm... always here to defend his army and justifying his bombings on lebanon...
and as you assume that M14 supports alqaeda then let your opponents assume you support assad... or your logic does not go both ways? oh! yes i forgot: M8 doube standards as usual....
22 November 2013, 01:37
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empty M8 rhetoric... easy to say and so practical to justify hezbis in syria (childish way of thinking that weak minded people usually adopt to appear to know things...)
sure if M14 was financing the war then we would see the fsa well equipped.... and it would mean M14 is really really rich to finance a war against a nation! LOL
22 November 2013, 03:27
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this is your wishful thinking again and again; please tell us where in this forum any m14 supporter has ever voiced any support for islamist extremists? If we are against the tyranic asad regime it does not mean that we are supporting another to be tyranic regime.
22 November 2013, 03:28
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with money? and where from? mr Hariri is nearly bankrupt with Oger international mismanagement.
22 November 2013, 03:29
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Mr. President, it is the first time you says something meaningful and truthful, I know allah yes3dak chou tal3 be-eidak. But, our people are very civilized, they are fighting in Syria and not in Lebanon – give them some credits here wlo.
22 November 2013, 04:08
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Then cancel the ridiculous parade since everybody knows that it is a big joke and a huge inconvenience that makes their days a nightmare only to have to listen afterwards to a few talking heads who are incapable of pronouncing Arabic properly as if they were taught their native language by Lawrence of Arabia.
22 November 2013, 04:31
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Blah Blah Blah...Talk is Cheap
You couldn't say it straight to their faces
Hey all of you ..Give up your Arms ..Hand them over right now to the Army..!
Right...Like that's could happen
So why talk talk talk...Blah Blah Blah
There are talkers and doers
Then you have Abraham Lincoln...He was Both..It takes Sacrifice to Save a Nation !
Sorry President Suleiman you are not Abraham Lincoln.
22 November 2013, 07:33
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The President gave a good independence speech, he is 100% correct. Unfortunately Mr FlimFlamThrower does not approved :-(
22 November 2013, 07:47
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FlimFlamThrower, the only block that declared war and mobilized it's gun men is the Iranian militia… the same ones that say Assad is essential to their existence and will stay deployed in Syria as long as they see fit… the same ones that for 13 years keep coming up with reasons to not disarm and take direct orders from the Ayatollah.
22 November 2013, 08:30
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Should we by now understand that Lebanon had not been and will never be a country as we now have it. Since its independence, Lebanon had lived more than two thirds of its independence in wars and the rest one third in disagreement over how Lebanon is governed and who should govern it. This Mantra of unity and co-existence is not anymore acceptable. But when Lebanon is small to partition amongst its religious groups, It's future will always be in the hands of the regional countries whose main aim is to keep on destroying Lebanon for their sake. If the Lebanese politicians are unable to fathom this, then lebanon will one day cease to exist as it is with all its factions and parties.
22 November 2013, 11:45
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@ IbnAljabal
Well it seems I have already commented on Suleiman.
And ...
Mikati needs to go as well for not convening the cabinet ...
22 November 2013, 13:37
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mckinl, he's doing the best he can with his hands tied behind his back by the taef!
22 November 2013, 11:31
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i sure do not need respect from a nobody like you and i even despise you for all the BS you write here and your denial of facts...typical FPM hypocrisy...... you are not worth any respect... so you know all your insults where you can shove them... i insult you with pleasure the day you started to do so because it is all you have to try to make your arguments appear strong, but you resort to the language of the weak... so i just speak your filthy language with you so your empty brain understands....
then to answer your denial again, we just need to read you commenting every articles where syria is involved and see how you defend bashar and his massacres....
22 November 2013, 11:34
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You mean you wish Aoun gets permission to visit KSA. He's still begging to be invited.
22 November 2013, 11:37
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wahahaha! poor FT... he wants to make believe that saqr is sooooo rich that he can afford to finance a whole army for 2 years now... can you just reread your BS and think a bit? oh? no, you can't , you have no brains? ah! ok little worm....
then as you put it "freelancers".... waw! so in your hezbi void mind it necessaarily mean M14 soldiers?
do you have anything more credible to show us? coz 20 soldiers from tripoliand one man finanncing the whole thing justifies thousands of hezbis in syria? waw!
see how your logic does not hold one second against pragmatism and a bit of thinking...
oh! but it seems that bashar financing, harboring and training thousands of islamists and sending them to lebanon just vanish from your mind... was he M14 at the time? LOL
22 November 2013, 11:39
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if you're blind to proof = you did not show us any proof other than your delusionnal M8 propaganda that you take for truths! ....
22 November 2013, 11:42
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"christians are evicted from power" LOL 50% of MPs mean evicted from power? and a president (that your syrian friends btw ripped from all powers and lahoud again your friend made sure of that...)
poor victim you are FT.... sure you are a victim..
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we ve been hearing this since lebanon became independant that christians are evicted, nothing new under the sun of christian extremists....
22 November 2013, 13:34
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Mr. president, spoken like a true statesman. Lebanon needs more people like you.
22 November 2013, 15:27
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little thing has nothing to say so he attacks the level of english rather than the content...as if he is any better!!! wahahaha!!!! typical childish behaviour of people with nothing to say but BS....
22 November 2013, 15:29
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yes you are... your speech is the one held by chrsitian extremists since 1943.... and their victimization complex...
poor thing you are and poor thing you ll stay...
22 November 2013, 17:45
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. The true danger comes from the Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Over a million? Among them how many are already armed? And how many more could be armed and manipulated from outside? There is no independance when Lebanon is so weak that it cannot control such a flow. They are mostly Sunnis. And this will disrupt the equation on which Lebanon is based. This is the true danger. Of course Hizballah's action in Syria is bringing us terrorism and tens if not hundreds of innocent casualties. But the danger of the Sunni syrian refugees will simple bring the end of the Lebanon we know and we love
22 November 2013, 19:23
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The1P
and how bout our christian brothers like geagea, gmayels etc
that allied with syria and israel to kill fellow lebanese, your posts
about muslim brothers get old, be fair...They are all messed up, stop
using religon as if your better and make it seem like if you leave the
muslims that the christians will prosper, if im not mistaken geagea and
aoun both christians helped in demonizing Lebanon in the past 70 years.
23 November 2013, 04:55
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I really lost track as to whether this good-for-nothing arreet 7akeh of a president-by-parachute surpassed Dr. Arreet 7akeh in their meaningless art 7akeh.
