President Aoun calls for “Lebanon to be declared a civil status”



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Mubasher: Lebanese President General Michel Aoun called for “declaring Lebanon a civil state”, pledging to convene a dialogue that includes political leaders with the aim of reaching a formula acceptable to all that will translate into appropriate constitutional amendments.

In a speech marking the centenary of the proclamation of the state of Greater Lebanon, which falls on September 1, Aoun said: “The civil state is only capable of protecting, preserving and making pluralism a true unity,” according to the National Agency of information.

He noted that “the sectarian system based on the rights of the sects and the distribution among them was valid for some time, and today it has become an obstacle to any development and any reactivation of the country, an obstacle to any reform and fight against corruption, and a generator of strife, incitement and division for anyone who wants to hit the country. “

President Aoun said, according to the Lebanese National Information Agency, that “it is necessary to develop the system, amend it, change it. Call it what you want, but Lebanon needs a new concept in the management of its affairs, based on citizenship and civic state of the state “, emphasizing that” transformation. Lebanon, from the prevailing sectarian system to the modern civil state, the state of the citizen and citizenship, means its salvation from the hateful legacies of sectarianism and its backlash, and its salvation from sanctuaries , red lines and quotas that chain any constructive will and stop any step towards reform.

The Lebanese president emphasized that “Lebanon and the Lebanese deserve, after prolonged suffering, a state in which competition is the norm, and the law guarantees the rights of all equally, and the basic affiliation is with the country and not with the leaders of the sects. ” Reclaim. “

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