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Rula Ibrahim wrote in the Al-Akhbar newspaper:
Fourteen years have passed since the document of understanding between “Hezbollah” and the “Free Patriotic Movement”, marked by various proposals and paths between the two parties, but there were pre-established limits to the difference, which kept the problems of the two parties at the same time. framework of understanding and consensus. The development of the terms of the document has become an urgent matter and a requirement that the Secretary General of Hezbollah and the head of the movement spoke about.
“We cannot stab Hezbollah or leave it under external pressure! If we want to leave, it is for internal reasons related to us and the interest of the country. In any case, we had previously stated that the country needs a real reform and we cannot proceed in this way. Finally we agreed to carry out a review and reconsideration of the document of understanding in order to develop it to present something to our audience and to the people who hope for the good of the country ”. The talk here is given by the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Gebran Bassil, at the conference he held after the imposition of the United States sanctions. However, contrary to what some interpreted as part of efforts to appease Washington, Bassil had previously raised the issue of developing the memorandum of understanding with the party in February 2019 during a dialogue meeting on the 13th anniversary of the understanding in the Mar Mikhael church hall. At that time, the head of the movement asked for a review “to see where we went wrong and where we hurt ourselves,” adding that if there is a desire to maintain a deep understanding, the State must first be built, part of which is done by resisting the corruption … and this is not done by maintaining reserves in the State and reinforcing the corrupt. On state sites.
Regarding the present, the above is not a detail, and for a long time it has been a priority for Bassil, however, the political and economic events of the last year have prevented the discussion of the details of the agreement. But today it returned to the fore because the movement’s hand cannot applaud alone to exert balanced political pressure on anti-corruption issues, such as criminal scrutiny, lifting bank secrecy, and increased immunities, and these are supposed to leaderships are a priority in the joint work between the movement and the party. For example, the audit is supposed to be “the subject of a common agreement and the struggle between us and the party to discover the method of spending money and determining responsibilities.” The main problem, according to one of Aoun’s officials, is that talking about the fight against corruption between the two parties often leans towards an absurd discussion about who is right and who is responsible, rather than jumping on this discussion. to try to find a common formula for a serious and effective solution. On this particular issue, the summary of Basilian’s experience with Hezbollah speaks of a group of red lines that have prevented solutions to vital files in the country: “It is forbidden to harm the Hariri family to prevent Sunni-Shiite sedition. It is forbidden. It is forbidden to touch Walid Jumblatt to preserve the safety of the mountain. It is forbidden to touch Nabih Berri to preserve the unity of the order. “With the party, issues always ranged from Shiite sectarian unity to Islamic sectarian unity to national unity , until harming an employee of the Traffic Management Authority named Hoda Salloum was banned, and those belonging to the head of the Marada Movement, Suleiman Franjieh, who are involved in the fake oil dossier, were banned from approaching.
The Free Patriotic Movement splits Hezbollah’s massive support for the president and Bassil into political battles other than reform battles. This talk was used by the Aounist audience even before Basil started talking about it, which means that the audience preceded Basil, not the other way around. Today there is a guilt related to the dynamics of work, communication and cooperation, whether in the bills in Parliament, in the approach to judicial reforms or in the promotion of a monetary and economic gap. On the other hand, Basilio’s realism, according to the sources, recognized the interventions from inside the Aouni house also to stop the wheel of reforms linked to personal interests, the most important of which was what happened in the communications file raised by Deputy Hassan Fadlallah and prevented the file from reaching its end. Consequently, the most appropriate solution remains “to hold a dialogue and discussion in a hurry to put these points on the table at the most urgent time for cooperation between us.” In this context, the movement appreciates the rapid movement of the party to comply with Bassil’s call and withdraw mutual “betrayals” from communication sites to restore the relationship to its normal framework and discuss the terms of the document that have been implemented or not implemented and outdated. As for the state building clause, like the fight against corruption is a must. This means developing the structure of the system based on the constitution and implementing the necessary administrative and financial reforms within the stipulations of the understanding, beginning with an expanded administrative decentralization, passing through the Senate and ending with the abolition of sectarianism.
Coordination “not right”
Fourteen years have passed since the document of understanding between Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement, interspersed with differences and divergent views, but all of them remained within the framework of the understanding on a single national formula that protected the weapons of resistance on the one hand, and he ensured what the Aounists called “the awakening of the charter to restore Christian rights and the office of presidency.” However, what has been achieved according to both parties is not enough and no one denies that coordination today “is not working” and needs to be reviewed “so that we can move forward.” While the movement now imagined, even if it was initial, the points that need development and revision in its understanding with the party, Hezbollah still needs to organize its ideas and review the articles of the document in detail to build its point of view on these issues. Once the preparation of a reading of the developments that occurred in recent years, the prospects for the next stage and the relationship between the two parties has been completed, a meeting with Bassil will be held, in the light of which a link will be determined. executive. However, the matter passes according to the party’s work system by specific institutions to study the understanding and make amendments and proposals in this regard before discussing it with the movement. The party also feels the weight of responsibility and believes that the problem is not in the passage of time, but in the mechanisms that prevented the implementation of some provisions and the disagreement on some concepts. The party often repeats that it is not prepared for a new civil war under the heading of fighting corruption. At the same time, he is disturbed by some statements by the leaders of the movement about the “death” of understanding, and others that resort to random accusations, perhaps seeking consent somewhere. On the other hand, Hezbollah considers it necessary to develop and deepen understanding, which was affirmed by the party’s general secretary, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, after the Bassil conference, and what remains today is to prepare the appropriate ground for the Mar meeting Mikhael 2 that rearranges the internal house of the two parties.
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