Moreover, all the country’s sectarian political factions whose political agenda were always affiliated to external entities is what made our country a fertile land for international interventions, particularly US interventions in our domestic political affairs…In this context, the current economic and financial crisis, the blatant inability to secure the simplest public services to confront the Corona epidemic, and the exacerbation of the electricity and fuel crisis, were also parts of the catastrophe, but it happened to culminate in the horrific Beirut Port explosion. LCP considers that our sectarian political system makes it hard for the state and the people to resist the American-Zionist project in the region, nor we can build a nation that is worth all national sacrifices made ever since this country was established. Our party sees that the priority now is…to bring down the government and form instead a new transitional government, whose ministers should not be affiliated to any of the country’s political factions. Such a government is a top priority in order to build a new, modern, democratic, and national state. Only such a state will be able to address three crises that our country was and still facing: the economic collapse underway, the Coronavirus epidemic along with its health damages, and the repercussions resulting from the Beirut Port explosion. In this context, the party affirms that the Lebanese people today are at a historical crossroads from which there can be no turning back, and that the explosion of the port has opened a new political landmark. Besides this catastrophic explosion, it can be an opportunity to renew the political system and sets the stage for a new social contract.
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LCP considers the French President visit as an extra signal of renewed international support and legitimization of the political system. Over the past 30 years, France, as well as other foreign power supported the corrupt political system. These powers were directly financing the state institutions that is controlled and managed by corrupt political factions and to the and France was a direct financer in Paris I, II, and III conferences. Also, the French authorities still detain in its prison, the Freedom Fighter- George Ibrahim Abdallah- and by this France is violating all decisions issued by the French judiciary, and therefore responded to pressures from the US administration and the Zionist entity.
LCP calls on the Lebanese citizens to adhere to their patriotism, which has proved to be a safety valve in all difficult circumstances that Lebanon has been through. The party believes that the task of building a modern citizenship state presides over any other attempt to leverage foreign powers position and providing them with the tools and resources to intervene in Lebanon’s domestic affairs. Such calls would provide a fertile land to fragment state institutions, and undermine national sovereignty.
that bit about france in particular is very telling - i’m seeing a lot of disgust from lebanese at the calls to be put under a french mandate etc. things are moving pretty quickly tho, protesters have already been taking government buildings the last 24 hours or so and there’s lots of chat about how far and how hard to push. i think they’ll be feeling the buzz of seeing the entire government resign, that has to be a terrifying/thrilling thing to witness.
