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Phalange Party: Renewal of Cedar Revolution Message to its Leaders to End Concessions
[An Nahar] The Phalange PartyThe Kataeb (Phalange) party was founded by Pierre Gemayel in 1936, who modeled the party after Spanish and Italian Fascist parties he had observed as an Olympic athlete during the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, then Nazi Germany. The movement's uniforms originally included brown shirts and members used the Nazi salute. Despite the party's uniform, its strong sense of nationalism and dedication to a single charismatic leader, the Lebanese Kataeb was not and never became a fascist party nor did it espouse a totalitarian ideology. politburo praised on Monday the Lebanese who participated in the March 13 rally, noting that the renewal of the Cedar Revolution "is a message to all concerned sides and the March 14 Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys... leadership of the need to return to the essence of its cause and end concessions no matter how great the pressures." The party said in a statement after its weekly meeting that the people's renewed commitment to the revolution should be met with the same commitment by the March 14 camp leaders to fulfill pledges. The politburo also addressed the governmental situation in Leb, "especially the preparation to form a one-sided government." It said that there is a need to prepare for the phase following the formation of the government during which decisions over the Special Tribunal for Leb and Leb's international agreements will be made, warning that any change in position over these matters will "incur very dangerous repercussions on Leb and its international relations." Posted by: Fred 2011-03-15 |
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