OTV Special Interview Marks Historic Understanding
Source: Al-Manar, 05-02-2008
Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah and the head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) MP General Michel Aoun are expected to launch a series of position when OTV (Orange TV) presenter Jean Aziz hosts them Wednesday night to mark the second anniversary of the signing of the Hizbullah - FPM memorandum of understanding. Both leaders will tackle the latest security incidents and political developments.
It was not before the historical signing of the Hizbullah - FPM memorandum of understanding that most of the Lebanese really felt that civil war in Lebanon was over. It was an understanding, the first such agreement in Lebanese history between a Muslim group and a Christian one. The understanding was signed on the 6th of February 2006 in the Mar Mekhayel church in the southern suburb of Beirut. The significance of the location is that this same church used to be one of the many indications to the separation between eastern Beirut and western Beirut during the civil war. "If it was not for this understanding, the country would have fallen into, perhaps, abyss because of what has been taking place in Lebanon and I mean on both security and political levels," said Mohamad Yussuf, a resident of the Chiyah area where the Mar Mekhayel Church is located.
The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) of MP General Michel Aoun and Hizbullah headed by Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah believe that the understanding resulted in a new reality of Lebanese coexistence. It also introduced a patriotic model of a freewill agreement, between different political groups, on a project to build a society and a strong, capable and fair state for free compatriots. The incidents that followed the signing of the understanding, particularly the most recent in the Mar Mekhayel region where 7 people were killed in spontaneous demonstrations over electricity blackout, proved the solidity of this choice, which established an atmosphere of national agreement and underlined real partnership and concurrent democracy based on clear fix standards. "What would have become of this country if things went out of control between Chiyah and Ain-el-Rommeneh? I'm sure another civil war would have started. This understanding prevented a new civil war from breaking out," said Yussuf.
The Hizbullah-FPM understanding is no longer an understanding between two wide popular movements, but it has become a social method to enhance confidence and hope and to build a prosperous, indivisible Lebanon immune from occupation or appropriation. It is an understanding that constitutes a much needed entrance to any broader national understanding.
Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah and the head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) MP General Michel Aoun are expected to launch a series of position when OTV (Orange TV) presenter Jean Aziz hosts them Wednesday night to mark the second anniversary of the signing of the Hizbullah - FPM memorandum of understanding. Both leaders will tackle the latest security incidents and political developments.
It was not before the historical signing of the Hizbullah - FPM memorandum of understanding that most of the Lebanese really felt that civil war in Lebanon was over. It was an understanding, the first such agreement in Lebanese history between a Muslim group and a Christian one. The understanding was signed on the 6th of February 2006 in the Mar Mekhayel church in the southern suburb of Beirut. The significance of the location is that this same church used to be one of the many indications to the separation between eastern Beirut and western Beirut during the civil war. "If it was not for this understanding, the country would have fallen into, perhaps, abyss because of what has been taking place in Lebanon and I mean on both security and political levels," said Mohamad Yussuf, a resident of the Chiyah area where the Mar Mekhayel Church is located.
The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) of MP General Michel Aoun and Hizbullah headed by Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah believe that the understanding resulted in a new reality of Lebanese coexistence. It also introduced a patriotic model of a freewill agreement, between different political groups, on a project to build a society and a strong, capable and fair state for free compatriots. The incidents that followed the signing of the understanding, particularly the most recent in the Mar Mekhayel region where 7 people were killed in spontaneous demonstrations over electricity blackout, proved the solidity of this choice, which established an atmosphere of national agreement and underlined real partnership and concurrent democracy based on clear fix standards. "What would have become of this country if things went out of control between Chiyah and Ain-el-Rommeneh? I'm sure another civil war would have started. This understanding prevented a new civil war from breaking out," said Yussuf.
The Hizbullah-FPM understanding is no longer an understanding between two wide popular movements, but it has become a social method to enhance confidence and hope and to build a prosperous, indivisible Lebanon immune from occupation or appropriation. It is an understanding that constitutes a much needed entrance to any broader national understanding.
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