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Geagea: Only March 14 Capable of Establishing Strong State
[An Nahar] Lebanese ForcesA Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb... leader  Samir Geagea... Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005 ... stressed on Saturday that Leb would not enjoy stability as long as its citizens are in disagreement. "The authority in Leb is practically lost," Geagea told a delegation of businessmen visiting him at his residence in Maarab. "Where would stability come from if the country doesn't have a demarcated border and known authority and lacks citizens that agree on the concept of nation?" he wondered. The LF leader said that stability requires a country with demarcated borders and an authority that can protect it. "How would we have an economy and an economic cycle" if the authority is lost?, he asked. He urged the Lebanese to start reforming politics before anything else. "We have to fight till the end. We should start by fixing politics and then we could fix everything else." Geagea stressed that Leb would have a strong and capable state only if the March 14 Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys... forces come back to power. "We should always work on achieving this objective," he said. Posted by: Fred 2011-11-27 |
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