The head of the "Kataeb" party, MP Sami Gemayel, stated that "Hezbollah poses an existential threat to Lebanon because it uses violence in politics and is organically, intellectually, and ideologically linked to foreign powers. Therefore, we cannot allow them to decide for us, draw our borders, drag us into wars, and make us second-class citizens; this is a direct assault on the essence of Lebanon's existence." He emphasized that "this discourse does not express a desire to divide the country, but rather to make it belong to everyone so we can live in it freely and with dignity," reminding that "our martyrs fell defending this cause and affirming that the Kataeb struggle is a struggle for freedom in Lebanon."
Gemayel regarded the greatness of the Kataeb party as lying in its role in preserving Lebanon, stating that "the time today is for a historic Kataeb stand to work towards saving the country, because it was founded to work for the cause above all considerations and to sacrifice itself for Lebanon, away from party interests." In the battle we are fighting today, he indicated, "we are laying the groundwork for a public opinion that will soon speak in the same way we speak today, just as has happened several times in the recent past."
He noted that "Lebanon is an island of freedom in an environment dominated by totalitarian thought, and it is a homeland for eighteen sects, established to maintain the freedom and dignity of its children so they can have a voice in political life and form parties and engage in national work." Gemayel asserted that "no country can function, regardless of its political system, in the presence of illegal weapons that operate in the interest of foreign powers and are financed by them, as is the case with Hezbollah's weapons today. Our primary task is to liberate the country's decision from the burden of this weapon, and thereafter we must correct the course of institutional work so that we do not reach a dead end at every political, financial, or economic entitlement."
