The Lebanese Kataeb Party expressed its astonishment in a statement following a meeting of its political office chaired by party leader MP Sami Gemayel, regarding the regression of the presidential election file to the backdrop of the political scene, resembling a surrender to a reality imposed by "Hezbollah." The party warned of "falling into the trap of normalizing the void, which paralyzes the Parliament, shackles the government, and undermines what remains of the state, thereby leaving the field open for 'Hezbollah' to complete its gradual coup plan by establishing new equations and dangerous precedents that keep Lebanon as a card in its grasp, maneuvering with it on external discussion tables and regional conflicts."
Moreover, the Kataeb Party emphasized that submission to this reality would obliterate Lebanon and alter its identity. They stated that confronting this plan remains a top priority above all else, calling for a return to the constitution and the democratic process, complying with its results without inventing disconnected tables and futile dialogues.
**Incident at Qornet El Sawda**
The Kataeb Party condemned "the crime that occurred in Qornet El Sawda, which led to the death of two young men from the town of Bsharri during a time of chaos, with no accountability, oversight, or judiciary, except for citizens who have become second-class after the rogue and criminal has ascended to first-class citizen status."
The political office of the Kataeb Party offered its condolences to the families of the victims, affirming its solidarity with Bsharri’s residents, and demanding a swift investigation into the circumstances of the crime, bringing the perpetrators to justice, and imposing the strictest penalties to preserve equality and justice among citizens, as a state cannot be established without them.
**Fate of the Missing in Syria**
The political office also noted that "Lebanon's refusal to vote at the UN on the resolution to establish an institution concerned with determining the fate of the missing in Syria is an unjustifiable stance that does not serve Lebanon, which has dozens of its sons languishing in Syrian prisons without knowing their fate, including political office member Boutros Khawand, who has been missing for thirty-one years without any knowledge of his fate."
They continued, "It is time to close this file through international mechanisms that urge the Syrian regime to open all prisons and reveal the fate of the forcibly disappeared. This is a necessary first step to turn the page on a dark chapter witnessed by the world, and Lebanon cannot deny it and its citizens under any pretext."
