Phalange Party: Govt. Must be Firm in Protecting Citizens in Border Areas

The Phalange Party on Monday warned of “the insistence of the Syrian regime and its tools to expand the circle of violating the Lebanese sovereignty,” urging the government to “be firm in protecting the citizens and sparing Lebanon the repercussions of the Syrian crisis.”

In a statement issued after its weekly meeting, the party’s political bureau slammed the recent deadly Syrian shelling on the northern border areas, urging the government to “be firm in protecting the citizens and sparing Lebanon the repercussions of the Syrian crisis, and to provide full political cover for the plan to deploy the army on the northern and eastern borders.”

The party warned that depriving the army of political protection would leave it exposed to “political and military conflicts that could weaken its morale and undermine its prestige.”

Separately, the politburo congratulated Koura’s residents, the March 14 forces, the Lebanese Forces and the members and supporters of the Phalange Party on “the civilized by-election that represented a new referendum on the Cedar Revolution’s national and political choices.”

The party also called on the victorious candidate, MP Fadi Karam, to “proudly join the opposition which will not retreat an iota from achieving full sovereignty for the Lebanese nation and state.”