Lebanese Forces Party: Implementation, Not Dialogue, Ends Lebanese Suffering

The following statement was issued by the Media Department of the "Lebanese Forces":

It has become established that there are those who wish to turn back the clock in Lebanon, which will not happen because the vast majority of Lebanese want these hands to move forward toward the future and definitively close the chapter of Lebanon as a battleground. There are those trying today to freeze time, refusing the application of the constitution in its sovereign aspect and obstructing the implementation of government decisions that pave the way for the monopoly of weapons by the state alone.

There are those who want to keep Lebanon as an arena of the axis of resistance, despite the tragedies that have befallen the Lebanese, particularly the Southerners, due to the policies and destructive projects of this axis. There are those attempting to revive an old-new tune titled dialogue, as if no decisions were issued by the government on August 5 and 7, 2025, and March 2, 2026. Re-raising dialogue on issues already settled within constitutional institutions leads only to further weakening the prestige of the state and its institutions. Moreover, the content of this dialogue will not differ from what the Lebanese experienced and lived through, especially since the concerned party confirms, in all its positions, its adherence to its weapons, in clear defiance of the constitution, government decisions, and the will of the majority of Lebanese.

What has been required since long ago, i.e., since the approval of the National Reconciliation Document 36 years ago until today, is the extension of state authority with its own forces over all Lebanese territory. This is a matter not subject to compromise or discussion, near or far. Any talk about dialogue regarding decisions previously taken is a continuation of circumventing and undermining them to achieve their cancellation, while the requirement is clear and cannot be postponed: immediate commencement of their implementation.

It is enough for the Lebanese what they suffered from death, displacement, destruction, ruin, and assassinations, starting with the martyrdom of President Rafic Hariri and extending to a constellation of leaders of the Independence Intifada, because of their open insistence on adhering to Lebanon's sovereignty and independence. It is no longer acceptable, in any form whatsoever, for the country to continue spinning within the same cycle of failure and suffering.

If some decision-making capitals, especially Washington, issue statements supporting Lebanon's sovereignty, this support meets a chronic Lebanese demand titled ending the reality of Lebanon as an arena, closing the war arena within it, paving the way for the establishment of an actual state that restores dignity to the homeland, safeguards the honor of its children, and secures for them the elements of staying in their land.

What is required today, urgently, is to stop waiting for external developments and linking Lebanon's fate to their paths, because this waiting does nothing but prolong the suffering of the Lebanese. Those who believe they can return Lebanon to a past era, or keep it hostage to the calculations and projects of axes, are mistaken. What is required from everyone is to rally around the state, not weaken its image and prestige by re-raising dialogue and other titles used to evade implementation, but rather push towards applying its decisions immediately without selectivity or compromise.

Implementation, not dialogue regarding what was approved within constitutional institutions, is the only way to end the suffering of the Lebanese, restore the state's sovereignty and decision-making power, and put Lebanon on the track to the future.