[An Nahar] MP Nadim Gemayel on Tuesday held Syria responsible for the assassination of his father, former president Bashir Gemayel, Druze leader Kamal Jumblat, former president Rene Mouawwad and former premier Rafik Hariri.
"The realization of Syria's dominance required the murder of Bashir Gemayel, Kamal Jumblat, Rene Mouawwad and Rafik Hariri, and we hold it responsible for all these murders," Gemayel said in a speech on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of the assassination of former president Bashir Gemayel.
"Our dispute with Syria begins and it will remain with the persistence of the Syrian scheme to dominate Leb."
"Bashir established a State even before he assumed power," the young MP told the cheering crowd that gathered in the external yard of the Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church in Ashrafieh after the annual mass commemorating slain president Gemayel.
Maronite Archbishop of Beirut Boulos Matar, who was representing Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, presided over the mass which was attended by the representatives of the three heads of state, Phalange Party cadres, a Lebanese Forces delegation and several ministers and MPs.
| "Hizbullah must yield to the sole authority of the State, because it has chosen the State of war while the Lebanese have chosen the State of peace." |
"We believe that the rights of the Christians cannot be achieved outside the framework of the State and the Christians are the pioneers of the renaissance," Gemayel added.
"Hizbullah must yield to the sole authority of the State, because it has chosen the State of war while the Lebanese have chosen the State of peace."
Gemayel warned that "the Lebanese entity is facing the test of unity, although the national decision is under foreign influence."
"We have always been with 'Leb First', and let no one try to give us lessons in patriotism," he said.
Gemayel condemned the "campaign against the Phalange Party" over the latest stances of its central committee coordinator, MP Sami Gemayel, on accepting weapons from Israel during the civil war period.
Gemayel stressed that when Leb is in danger, "all criterions and standards become irrelevant."
"Is defending Iran with Israeli weapons during its war with Iraq in 1985 an acceptable thing? Were the rulers of Iran traitors when they defended Iran with Israeli weapons? And was (the late founder of the Islamic republic of Iran) Imam (Ruhollah) Khomeini a collaborator?"
"Phalange Party is proud of its heroic history," Gemayel stressed. 
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