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Al Ain News Caroline Sabbagh / Beirut
Sunday 9/20/2020 12:13 AM Abu Dhabi time
At a time when Lebanese officials are wary of being in any public place for fear of the curse of the people against them, the head of the Party of the Phalanges, the resigned MP Sami Gemayel, went out to tour Tripoli, the most populous city in the north. from Lebanon.
“Al-Jamil” is transported in the markets carrying his daughter on his shoulders, where he received an unprecedented reception that went so far as to call him to run for president.
This welcome that “Gemayel” received on the ground in the capital of northern Lebanon, the region from which his wife is a descendant, did not differ from the many opinions of the Lebanese people on social networks, as thousands of them shared a video on the one that appeared Al-Jamil with his family praising his step and challenging any official of the Lebanese state. Take the same step.
Activists and media figures in Lebanon interacted on Twitter under the hashtag named after the Falangist Party leader “Sami”, welcoming the move, especially with many politicians recently harassed and insulted when citizens and activists from civil society confronted them in public places.
Lebanese journalist Ricardo Karam wrote on his Twitter account: “Love elevates people and rises above fear. Here is Tripoli welcoming Sami and Karen Gemayel in its popular markets and here are its authentic people confirming that love defeat hatred. This is Tripoli, the city of coexistence and convergence. “
He went to “Al-Jamil” saying: “Bravo Sami, I have shown that even if people do not agree with the politician, they respect him as long as he is honest.”
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Journalist Yazbek Wehbe also wrote: “When Sami Al-Jamil visits Tripoli with his wife, daughter and a partner or two in the city markets, this is proof that the politician is not afraid of the people as long as he has conscience. quiet”.
An activist named Halima challenged the president of the republic to do what Gemayel had done, writing: “I challenge Mr. Aoun (President of the Republic Michel Aoun) to roam the markets of Tripoli while Sami Gemayel walks with an escort.” .
The same position was expressed by the journalist, Larissa Aoun, who said: “The resigned MP, Sami Gemayel, wanders through the old markets of Tripoli with his family. It is difficult for my party or my politician to wander among the people these days.”
Journalist Omar Harqous also said: “Friend Sami Al-Jamil visits the neighborhoods of the city of Tripoli … the first party leader and deputy of a Sunni who meets people without anyone being exposed to him … on the contrary, they all receive him in the city they tried to describe by the corruption and arms authority in Kandahar, the Mediterranean.
Former MP Faris Saeed said: “The appearance of Sami Amin Pierre Gemayel in the old souks of Tripoli confirms that a young man who is drawing a future for himself has learned profound lessons and that Tripoli is an ancient Lebanese city open to all”, and paid tribute to the beauty and city of Tripoli.
Journalist Ali Hamadeh said: “The leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, should consider Sami Gemayel’s tour of the Tripoli markets and its simplicity.”
Activist Hani Ziada described al-Jamil as the leader, writing: “Sami al-Jamil is a Lebanese zain who wanders the inner markets of Tripoli … what he received was the welcome, the cheers and the love … It is the true image of the city and its people … Tripoli is a city that loves all people but needs someone to love it. ”
What Ziada said, activist Issa Al-Ali also stopped with him and said: “Sami Al-Jamil wandering the markets of Tripoli amidst the welcoming of the people … He did what his leaders could not do. .. all love and appreciation “.
