The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Deputy Gebran Bassil, confirmed during the closing ceremony of the rally organized by the youth sector of the party in Mirouba, that this year is special and exceptional under the title "Find a way to stay." He elaborated that this embodies the essence of the Free Patriotic Movement's issue: resilience and existence for a free life. He stated that the struggle of today’s youth is under the banner of resilience for freedom. He added: "You have been fighting today to stay in the race and win, and we are struggling with you every day to maintain our resilience in this country to remain free, so that our country is a free one, unlinked strategically to the policies and interests of foreign countries, and not dependent on the interests of the local system."
Bassil addressed the youth, saying: "You possess the energy that creates miracles. Believe in your positive energy, trust in yourselves, don’t lose hope, and you will certainly succeed. Even in the toughest circumstances, we did not lose hope in liberating Lebanon from guardianship and occupations, and we succeeded. Do not lose hope in liberating the country with its decisions and policies, and liberating yourselves alongside its people." He recalled three lessons he learned from President Michel Aoun:
1. You know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
2. Be each other’s guarantee.
3. The youth of the movement are not created for difficult missions, but for impossible missions.
He affirmed that truth grants absolute freedom accompanied by solidarity, to ensure that the members of the movement work together to achieve the impossible. Bassil stressed: "We will not allow the militia-minded devilish mindset to lead us into suicidal adventures as it did in the past during the Lebanese War." He noted that "the first generation in the movement bore the responsibility of restoring freedom, sovereignty, and independence, removing the control of militias, and the youth are the generation that bears the responsibility with us to preserve free existence and liberate it from all obstacles and burdens, adding that liberation is harder than freedom."
He continued: the war among Lebanese people is forbidden, and the phase of militias that some dream of returning is not allowed to return. For the movement, the safety of the Lebanese society is paramount. To those who have left the movement, he said: "We remember their pure stages of struggle but do not hide the damage they caused to the movement that made them; the movement represents the struggle of the people whose sacrifices restored positions and distributed the positions to those who obtained them thanks to the people and their votes. Let those who boast of the movement tell us what they could have done alone."
Bassil addressed President Aoun, saying: "I know how you feel and what you say: I taught him to throw arrows, and when his strength grew, he shot me. And how I taught him to organize rhymes, and when he spoke a verse, he insulted me."
