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| Phalange Party Calls for Forming 'Salvation Government' |
| 2011-11-29 |
| [An Nahar] The Phalange Party The 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. on Monday warned that the current political bickering in the country might lead to a "dangerous power impasse" and called for forming a "salvation government." "The domestic arena needs to be immunized in the face of the storms lashing the region," the Phalange Party's political bureau urged after its weekly meeting, calling for the formation of a "salvation government enjoying the necessary sense of responsibility and disregard of personal interests." The party noted that the thorny issue of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Leb must not only revolve about whether to finance or not finance the court, but rather about Leb's "approach towards justice." "The (2007) U.N. resolution on the tribunal was passed under Chapter 7 and it became in the custody of the Security Council; hence, the Lebanese situation cannot influence it anymore," it added. The Phalange politburo called on everyone to "show responsibility, first towards the dozens of deaders who must be served justice through the unveiling of their killers, and second towards the international community which is helping Leb leave behind the principle of impunity from prosecution and join the ranks of countries enjoying deep-rooted democracy." |
| Posted by:Fred |