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Suleiman equates Baabda declaration to national pact

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suleiman kaslik universityIn a speech at a conference held at Holy Spirit University of Kaslik President Michel Suleiman said Friday that the Baabda Declaration is similar to the National Pact.

Suleiman said at the conference titled My Land: A Promising Future , that Lebanon’s land, people, and common values constitute the country’s “permanent equation.”

The National Pact is an unwritten agreement that laid the foundation of Lebanon as a multi-confessional state, and has shaped the country to this day. Following negotiations between the Shi’ite, Sunni, and Maronite leaderships, the National Pact was born in the summer of 1943, allowing Lebanon to be independent.

While the Baabda Declaration, which was adopted in June 2012 during a national dialogue session headed by Suleiman, the rival March 8 and 14 camps all agreed to distance Lebanon from regional and international conflicts. The participants also all agreed to back the Lebanese army both financially and morally as the guarantor of civil peace and national unity.

Suleiman is insisting on making the Baabda Declaration the basis of the new cabinet’s policy statement. But the Hezbollah-led March 8 alliance is insisting on adopting the so called resistance formula as the basis for the new government policy people+ army+resistance equation.

Speaker Nabih Berri, head of the Amal movement and a close ally of Hezbollah was quoted as saying : “If Hezbollah is indifferent about the resistance formula , I will insist on incorporating it in the policy statement” . He even threatened to bypass the cabinet by calling the parliament for a session to elect the president .

Suleiman also called on Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil to register the largest possible number of expatriates in order to participate in the parliamentary elections.

“It is unacceptable that only ten thousand expatriates are registered.”

Many emigrated from Lebanon and now reside in other countries.

Although there are no reliable figures, the diaspora is estimated to be around 14 million people, far more than the internal population of Lebanon of 4.3 million.

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7 responses to “Suleiman equates Baabda declaration to national pact”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Well, Sulieman, maybe it’s time to actually WRITE DOWN ‘The National Pact’. Then people could actually SEE what they are supposed to represent.

    “It is unacceptable that only ten thousand expatriates are registered.”
    Well, idiot, why do you think they LEFT in the first place????

    1. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
      Maborlz Ez-Hari

      I don’t have an urge to go to my homeland because I’m allready here, the land of Oz. If I cared for Lebanon it’s only because my parents came from there and I value my heritage, but as long as Arabs are Arabs I’m staying here. Over here people are people something that’s lacking back home for sometime now.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Yes Maborlz. I know exactly what you mean. And flying into danger all the time is not the preference of the ‘occasional tourist’ for sure. Those visits are as carefully timed as possible, because in those few ‘quiet’ moments one can be made to feel unwelcome at the least. There have not been many expeditions – even with some desire in a heart.
        (Disconcerting, at least, to be asked by total strangers ‘what religion are you’ – let alone thinking that some ONLY go by appearance and don’t at least ask before they haul out a weapon. The ‘assumptions’ are astounding, even in ‘quiet’ times.) 😉
        However … Desiring to ‘vote’ from afar is a useless venture indeed. The only reason would be to ‘bolster’ a despot or an idiot who can’t create a ‘viable’ and ‘workable’ government FOR ALL, even IF he/she got elected. Look at the last election for proof.
        The Greeks do this too … but at least they get flown ‘home’ by ‘party’ to see the relatives, after casting the vote … I think, looking at how Greece is functioning, they usually pick the politician who rents the best airline and ‘direct flights’. :-))))
        What is Lebanon offering? Glory?? A chance to be closer to God??? :-)))))

        1. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
          Maborlz Ez-Hari

          Lebanon is offering carrots and they’re not for eating.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Well, Sulieman, maybe it’s time to actually WRITE DOWN ‘The National Pact’. Then people could actually SEE what they are supposed to represent.

    “It is unacceptable that only ten thousand expatriates are registered.”
    Well, idiot, why do you think they LEFT in the first place????
    And really, it’s not all that 14-16 million who left … ‘some’ of those are ‘new generations’ who are NOT ‘coming home’, even with a ‘proud heritage’ in the minds. For some of those, there’s no pride at all. 🙁

    1. Maborlz Ez-Hari Avatar
      Maborlz Ez-Hari

      I don’t have an urge to go to my homeland because I’m allready here, the land of Oz. If I cared for Lebanon it’s only because my parents came from there and I value my heritage, but as long as Arabs are Arabs I’m staying here. Over here people are people something that’s lacking back home for sometime now.

  3. Reasonableman Avatar
    Reasonableman

    HA are losing their credibility real quick, the way nabih berry is shitting himself and pissing wherever he gets a chanced to piss is proof that he is an anxious dog.

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