Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea spoke at BIEL hall in Beirut on Saturday, announcing the electoral program of the LF under the slogan of Cedar Revolution II. The LF also announced its candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections. LF MPs and partisans as well as public figures presented speeches in the ceremony, which marked the 15th anniversary of the disbandment of the Lebanese Forces.
Geagea called the Lebanese “heroes” for their support of the 2005 Cedar Revolution, and called on them to be “heroes” once again by voting for the Cedar Revolution II electoral program on June 7.
The LF’s 15 point Cedar Revolution II program included:
1- Assuring Lebanon’s full independence through the demarcation of all its borders, starting with the Shebaa Farms.
2- Assuring the principle of absolute sovereignty of the Lebanese state. There must be no state in Lebanon parallel to the Lebanese state. We refuse the recognition of the weapons outside [the control of] the state because they open the door for the state’s collapse. We call for limiting the defensive and security duties exclusively to the state.
3- Commitment to international resolutions, primarily UN Security Council Resolutions 1559, 1680 and 1701, in order to preserve Lebanon from foreign interference.
4- Commitment to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, and adoption of all the treaties necessary for its proper functioning without any obstruction.
5- Keeping distance from the policy of regional and international axes, and instead being open for interaction with the rest of the world.
6- Finding a solution for the Palestinian weapons inside and outside the refugee camps, according to the decisions taken during the national dialogue in 2006.
7- Taking all necessary measures to prevent the naturalization of the Palestinians in Lebanon, and deploying continuous efforts to improve their economic situation in compliance with Lebanon’s civilized and humanitarian heritage.
8- Supporting Lebanese-Syrian diplomatic ties, starting the neutralization process, reconsidering the Brotherhood, Cooperation and Coordination treaty [between Lebanon and Syria] and disbanding the Lebanese-Syrian Higher Council.
9- Placing the issue of the Lebanese detainees in the Syrian prisons as a primary article on the agenda of Lebanese-Syrian negotiations.
10- Seeking a constitutional life away from pressures, threats and obstruction.
11- Seeking the return of true balance to all the state’s institutions and administration through political equity in the constitutional council, following the stipulations of the Taif Accord.
12- Reforming the citizenship law, including restoring Lebanese nationality to Lebanese expatriates.
13- Achieving administrative and development decentralization to ensure stability by decreasing the dispute inside the central authority and strengthening balanced development.
14- Enhancing women contribution to public responsibilities, and their participation in political life.
15- Discouraging emigration by developing a caring state supportive of agriculture and its workers. Building a state that: gives the people their rights of hospitalization through a complete health program, protects its children’s rights, supports its public and private schools and universities, and protects its cultural uniqueness.
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