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So the creation of Lebanon was not the wish of the citizens of this specific geographic area. Since the victor was the one who determined the laws and the form of the system, which first served the interests of the occupying state and its partners in the second degree, the civil state was surrounded by the interests of the representatives of the sects and traditional politicians. who cooperated with them, capitalists and agents of foreign companies.
This country, with any regional or international variables, for the benefit of this or that, the coexistence and lies in it will be reversed, and the components of the State will disintegrate in the interest of the leaders of the sects. Ideas emerged from within this entity to establish a secular national state within Syria’s natural borders, but this active call was removed with the unjust ruling of the founder of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, Anton Saadeh. Likewise, the Communist Party’s call for the establishment of a just national state, through the establishment of socialism, has failed to destabilize the sectarian system and is now moving from one crisis to another. The 1958 uprising, and the conflict that erupted during the rise of Nasserite and Baathist national thought, ended with a conversation between President Abdel Nasser and President Fouad Shehab, under American-Egyptian patronage at the time, until war broke out. internal in 1975, and the Lebanese were divided among those who proposed the program of reform of the political system, represented by the national movement. And who proposed from the Lebanese front the slogan of defending the regime against the wars of others.
As a result of internal and regional factors, things diverged and many parties entered it, with weapons and money, and no one was restricted, not even the entry of the Israeli worker, and the occupation of Beirut with the support and strength of the parties. from the Lebanese front, so the military conflict moved between all parties in all regions, after the withdrawal of the Palestinians and the announcement of the National Resistance Front. Defend the homeland against the Israeli occupier.
There have been numerous local and international interventions, from the Lausanne conference to direct contacts between the parties to the conflict to stop the war, and all have failed. The battles continued, turning the conflict into an absurd struggle for narrow alleys and interests, until an agreement was reached between the Americans, Syrians and Saudis, and the Taif Agreement was a regional and international understanding imposed on the Lebanese, despite of the reluctance of Christians, especially President Michel Aoun. The agreement was applied by military force, but was not fully implemented. Instead, laws compatible with the parties in power, namely the militia leaders and Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, were removed, and thus the political powers were transferred from the President of the Republic to the Council of Ministers collectively, but the financial, regional and international power of Prime Minister Hariri. And his distribution of funds and donations to senior officials made him indisputable in power. From 1992 until his assassination, the politician Haririya continued to rule after him, practicing the same approach until the resignation of Hariri, the son, after the October 17 uprising.
It is up to the forces of real change to study the situation and convene a national conference to formulate a program for real change.
The disinfection of the country and the transgression of financial and economic laws, before and after the resignation, led to the interaction of corruption, money looting, dollar chaos, the seizure of money from depositors in banks and the closure of institutions. The ruling political class itself, not with respect to the agreed internal situation, but with respect to foreign policy and Hezbollah’s position on weapons, that Israel attempted, with an American request, to wage the 2006 war to seize it and thus create a new Middle East. However, this project was defeated thanks to resistance, and the occupation, whose forces withdrew and were defeated, was unconditionally defeated.
As a natural result of the corruption that the country has reached in all institutions, the disorganization of commerce, industry and agriculture, and the increase in unemployment, there was the October 17 uprising. This uprising raised important slogans, and it is that this sectarian system based on quotas is the generator of successive political, economic, social and monetary crises. Because of her, the state and its institutions were suspended and Lebanon came under the rule of a failed state. Therefore, the reestablishment of the state on the basis of belonging to the homeland rather than the sect has become an urgent necessity, especially since there is difficulty in continuing the rule through this political class responsible for all that we have. reached. Its existence has become a continuation of corruption and lack of accountability, and the dismantling of the state and ruin.
However, several deadly factors entered the uprising:
1- Do not agree to a unified leadership and say that you do not need that leadership, since the masses are the leaders, which is an irresponsible slogan.
2- The lack of agreement on a unified program that specifies the demands and slogans that lead to the objective, which is the establishment of a secular and democratic national state and the separation of religion from the state.
3- The parties of the opposition authority of the March 8 Alliance, including “forces”, “battalions”, “future” and “socialists”, and some civil organizations suspected of their loyalty to colonial circles, took to the streets with the objective of strengthening its presence in power and subsequently acquiring negotiation papers, which distorted the uprising, through the slogans it raised.
4 – The Corona epidemic limited the momentum for action.
5- Frustrate the government of President Hassan Diab, which was bombarded with the ministers of the governing authority, and frustrate the implementation of the financial plan in Parliament, through the Parliamentary Finance Commission.
And when signs of agreement between regional and international countries with his godfather, French President Emmanuel Macron, appeared on the horizon after the catastrophic port explosion, Diab’s government was presented with two options: either fall into parliament or resign, after the resignation of several ministers affiliated with the parties of the influential powers.
Macron Project
The intervention of the French president to solve the crisis – after his contacts with the Americans and the Iranians – aims to restore the Lebanese situation, noting that the Americans, through the statements of some officials, seemed to disagree with Macron’s proposals While the Saudis did not announce a concrete position, while the Turks considered that the entry of France into their homes. In the Mediterranean basin, he has his goals, which are to control oil and build a base for it off the coast of Beirut. There are also signs of an escalation of the Turkish-French-Greek-Egyptian-Saudi conflict against Turkish intervention in Libya, northern Iraq and Syria.
So Macron’s project is not without risk, and the possibility of failure is possible, for two reasons:
1- Reestablish power in the political class itself, which is responsible for what has been achieved, by establishing a government of national union between its parties, which was divided among themselves.
2- The absence of the role of the uprising and its slogans, and the introduction of a prime minister at the proposal of the French president, and its transformation into matters of the first order. For example, he got in touch with the heads of the parliamentary blocs, as if he were the absolute ruler, and the others had nothing but implementation.
From here, we ask: Where are sovereignty, independence, freedom … and neutrality ?! Where are the slogans that have been chanted, from 2005 to today? Is Macron the president of a charity or is he simply pursuing the interests of his country?
In light of the above, it is up to the forces of real change to study the situation and convene a national conference to formulate a program for real change, away from negotiations and the interests of regional and international powers, and elect a unified leadership. to implement what was agreed. Likewise, organizations and committees must be built in all governorates and districts, supporting this experienced and militant leadership.
* Unionist and political activist
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