The Lebanese did not need to take the path of pain for two years and two months of presidential vacancy, during which they lived through stifling economic conditions and security and political crises that befell Lebanon and deducted from its balance, before it paid with the pure blood of its sons, and cities, villages and towns were exposed to destruction by the Israeli extermination machine, after it caused the displacement of hundreds of thousands of its sons.

Lebanon and its great people did not need to weep before it was elected, filled the presidential vacancy, and emerged from its successive crises, due to the poor performance of the ruling political class, as stated in the inauguration speech of the elected president, which was inclusive, critical, and affirmed that “the Lebanese embrace each other in times of hardship, so if one of us breaks, we all break.”

The new president, as he set foot on the threshold of the presidential palace, did not miss what was happening in the world and the region in terms of fluidity in maps and a possible change in borders. He warned of the poor performance to which all the crises that Lebanon faced were attributed, and he affirmed the state’s right to monopolize weapons.

We are in dire need to draw inspiration from the state of consensus among the Lebanese parties, and stop the exchange of accusations and statements that spoil the atmosphere.

I wish the parties would listen carefully to the inauguration speech of the elected General Joseph Aoun, so that they could connect the dialogues that were interrupted, and fix the differences that arose between them, which require reviews, settlements, and concessions, as the Shiite duo did in the last quarter of an hour, by granting confidence to the new president, so that Lebanon can regain its health with the unity and cohesion of its people.

Today, we have no protection except to cling to the rope of unity, respect the state and its institutions, representing all colors of the national spectrum, and expressing its aspirations for freedom and independence, and that no one should sing out of tune with his own agendas, which provide excuses more than they bring benefits, and deduct from the nation’s balance, and add to the balance of its enemies... for time is of blood.

Stop the genocide now...!