Reform Party of Syria (RPS)

BEIRUT- Kataeb Party MP Nadim Gemayel told LBCI television on Saturday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s remarks about Lebanon, published earlier in the week in the New Yorker Magazine, are dangerous. 

In an interview with US journalist Seymour Hersh, Assad said that Lebanon’s whole political system needs to be changed because the current one threatens the outburst of a civil war. 

“Assad aims to permanently destroy the Lebanese state and change the Lebanese system in favor of Syria and Syria’s allies, including Hezbollah. But we will not allow this to happen,” Gemayel said. He added that Syria still does not acknowledge Lebanon’s independence. According to Gemayel, Syria is placing obstacles to prevent border demarcation with Lebanon. 

He also addressed Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt’s possible participation in the commemoration, saying that “Jumblatt can do whatever he wants.” Gemayel added that March 14 would stay on the same course.