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في:21-2-2009
منسق العام للجبهة الدكتور فؤاد أبو ناضر
يعلن ترشّحه على أحد المقاعد النيابية في المتن الشمالي |
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ابو ناضر: هناك خطر بانتخابات المتن على العماد عون يجب ان يواجهه
19 شباط 2009
اوضح أمين عام "جبهة الحرية" فؤاد أبو ناضر انه "بعد الانتخابات النيابية سيحصل تغيير بالتركيبة السياسية عند 8 و14 آذار وستشكل كتلة تكون من حصة الرئيس ميشال سليمان"، كما سيحصل تغييرا كبيرا بالتحالفات".
ابو ناضر وفي حديث الى محطة "الجديد" اعلن ترشحه كمستقل، مصرحا "لا ادري اي تحالف سنجريه ومع من غير ان اي تحالف سيكون نابعا من قناعاتنا ونعتبر ان الصوت الذي سنوصله يتجم هواجس الناس على الارض". ورأى ابو ناضر ان المعركة الانتخابية في المتن ستكون قاسية وقوية والاحصاءات اشارت الى ان 55% من المتنيين سيشكلون لوائح خاصة باعتبار انهم ليسوا دمى لأخذهم حيثما يريد الزعماء". واشار الى ان "هناك خطر كبير على العماد عون في انتخابات المتن يجب ان يتحسب لها ويواجهها"، لافتا الى ان "اي فريق يفوز بالإنتخابات سيكون بفارق بسيط ولن تشكل اكثرية ولبنان لن يحكم الا بطريقة ديمقراطية". |
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Dr Fouad Abou Nader, general coordinator of the Liberty Front
Website: www.FouadAbouNader.org.
Personal data
Born in Baalbek (Bekaa, Lebanon) on June 27, 1956. Christian Maronite. Son of Antoine Abou Nader & Claude Gemayel. Married to Sandra Ghosn. Four children: Anthony, Georges, Maria & Paul. Completely fluent in English, French & Arabic.
After attending school at Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour and Collège Mont La Salle, he joined the American University of Beirut. Because of the war, he continued his medical studies at the Université Saint-Joseph from which he graduated as a doctor in 1982.
Kataeb Social Democratic Party activist
He joined the Kataeb Social Democratic Party (led by his grandfather Sheikh Pierre Gemayel) in 1974. He was an active member of both the paramilitary and the students’ organization of the party. At Dekwaneh, he participated in his first fight against the Palestinian organizations.
Lebanese Forces Resistance fighter & commander
When war started, he was part of the elite troop, the “BG” (or “Bejin”), inside of the Kataeb regular forces. When the Kataeb regular forces, the “Noumour” (“Tigers”) from the National Liberal Party, the “Guardians of the Cedars” from the National Lebanese Movement & the “Tanzim” (“Organization”) from the Lebanese Resistance Movement united in the “Lebanese Forces” (LF), he became the head of the operations (called “Third Bureau”) of the LF. He was seriously injured in 1975, 1976, 1983 and 1986. For the latter, he survived to an assassination attempt and was severely wounded.
In 1982, Bachir Gemayel, commander in chief of the LF was elected as Lebanese Republic president. So, Fady Frem became commander in chief and Dr Fouad Abou Nader, chief of staff of the LF. In 1984, he was elected as commander in chief of the LF. He was involved in almost all the battles with the Resistance against the Palestinian organizations & the Syrian army. He became famous for his tenacious nerves, physical courage, exceptional organization and planning skills. For his fellow fighters he was a living legend: no battle was won without him. He was the initiator & creator of most of the LF elite troops.
After his election to the presidency, Bachir Gemayel said: “If I had to deliver a Resistance medal of honour, I would have certainly given it to the greatest fighter of our Resistance, Fouad Abou Nader.”
The reject of the fratricide struggles for power
From 1985, an era of “intifada” (revolts) shook the “free regions” and diverted the Cause of its strategic objectives and real targets in turning into a struggle for power. Dr Fouad Abou Nader refused the bloody logic: he did not put down the intifada led by Elie Hobeika & Dr Samir Geagea against him: “When I offer my condolences to the family of a martyr as head of the LF I feel bad even if their son was sacrificed for the noblest of causes. What do you want me to say tomorrow to all these mothers? How to explain the martyrdom of their children? Just to remain in my position as head of the LF?” In 1986, he refused the tripartite agreement signed in Damascus by Elie Hobeika and became responsible for the Kataeb regional. Then, in 1989, he refused the Taef agreement signed by Dr Georges Saade, the head of the Kataeb Social Democratic Party and approved by Dr Samir Geagea. He supported Michel Aoun’s liberation war against the Syrian army but rejected the fratricide war between the Lebanese army soldiers loyal to General Aoun and Geagea’s militia. He participated to the mass demonstrations in Baabda (where is located the presidential palace) against Taef agreement and Syrian army invasion. The internal struggles inside of the LF and the fratricide war between Aoun soldiers and Geagea militiamen were fatal: it was real self-destruction.
From the pacific Resistance to the Cedar Revolution
During Syrian occupation, he helped the student Resistance, participated to their main demonstrations and was part of the “Kataeb Opposition” led by Dr Elie Karame, former head of the Kataeb Social Democratic Party, against the pro-Syrian direction of the party led by Dr Georges Saade then Mounir Hajj and Karim Pakradouni. After Rafic Hariri assassination, he participated to the Cedar Revolution: mass demonstrations in Beirut downtown for the departure of the Syrian army.
After Syrian withdrawal, he restarted his public activities in launching, with his former companions, the “Lebanese Forces veterans” group. www.ouwet.org. He decided to return to the Kataeb Social Democratic Party in the hope of initiating the necessary changes to avoid the repetition of the mistakes of the past. www.socialdemocratic.org. These necessary changes were: making the party more democratic to avoid fratricidal struggles for power and redefining the Cause. Quickly, he clashed with the direction of the party who refused any change about the feudal, hereditary and therefore anti-democratic structures.
General coordinator of the Liberty Front
Consequently, he decided with his companions who come from the Kataeb Social Democratic Party but also from other parties and movements to launch the “Liberty Front” on April 2007. The Liberty Front is a Lebanese political movement, social-democratic & independent, heir of the “Front for Freedom & Man” founded in 1975 by Dr. Charles Malik who became the “Lebanese Front” and the political offspring of the Resistance of the Front’s parties & movements fighters who cooperated together in the “Lebanese Forces Command Council” since 1976 before uniting their guns in 1980 in the “Lebanese Forces” under the leadership of President Bachir Gemayel and fought against the Palestinian organizations & the Syrian army between 1975 and 1986. www.jebha.org or www.liberty-front.org.
“The unity of Lebanon from the unity of the Christians”
The Liberty Front calls for the Christian unity. It rejects the division of the Christians who are become followers of Muslims (“Sunni Christians” and “Shiite Christians”) and a pawn of foreign powers (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Syria, etc.) and thinks the Christians should play a rapprochement role (a bridge) among the Muslims instead of quarrelling at the expense of the Sunni and Shiite row. As slogan, the Front uses the quote of Dr Charles Malik: “the unity of Lebanon from the unity of the Christians”. In October 2007, he was elected as general coordinator of the movement for one year. In August 2008, he announced his candidature for one of the four maronite seats in North-Metn (Mount-Lebanon) for the next elections (spring 2009). www.fouad09.org. In October 2008, he was re-elected as general coordinator of the Liberty Front.
The Liberty Front principles and project
The Front believes in the principles of democracy and alternation underlying the movement. It also believes in the dialogue that should not lead to a new compromise to cope with the paralysis (following the departure of the Syrians) of the political formula of Taef agreement, but to a peaceful and definitive solution organizing consensual democracy respecting the cultural plurality of the Lebanese people and basing on Universal Declaration of Human Rights. And, it believes in a real reconciliation through a National Congress for forgiveness, reconciliation and unity to put a definitive end to the war, avoid the repetition of the same mistakes & tragedies and allow the return of displaced and exiled people.
The main points of the Liberty Front project for the establishment of a strong State of law and competences are: -uninominal law for the first round & proportional law for the second round of the legislative elections with the vote of the Lebanese abroad; -regionalism as State’s organization; -positive neutrality of Lebanon with an international guarantee; -participation of the civil society in the democratic process and at the local level and then, the development of an engaged citizenship; -social contract assuring dignity, role for women and the youth, productive society based on agriculture and industry and developing historical, cultural and religious tourism and banking system based on secret but no more on the debt of the State but on investment banking under supervision to avoid uncontrolled crisis; -secularization of the State step by step; -rejecting the Palestinian implantation and disarming the Palestinians inside and outside of their camps; -restructuration of the armed forces under a law on internal security and national defence to be able to fight terrorism, protect all citizens, avoid self defence and defend the entire territory; -and, replacement of the Treaty of Brotherhood with Syria who is hegemonic and uneven for Lebanon by specific and balanced relations between the two sovereign states with a diplomatic representation exchange, the liberation of the Lebanese detainees in Syrian jails and the demarcation of the borders.
The hard mission of a peaceful leader: sending a real state to the youth of all sects
Dr. Fouad Abou Nader thinks that friendly relations with both Syria and Israel will maybe not start in the near future “but definitely in the end we have to find a resolution. Why can’t we achieve peace between our countries? Our peace has to be fair between the Israelis and us and between Syria and us as well.”
He is “100% for keeping this coexistence between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon, but the political formula of how to implement it must be changed. We would like to find a final solution for the problems of the country. Otherwise we are going to stay in this situation. We cannot go on like this for all of our lives. We have to try a stable solution for the sake of our kids. We don't want our kids to continue the war we have fought. We want to find a final solution. Rule number one is that we have to stop lying to each other. Number two, we have to start thinking Lebanese only. And, rule number three, we need to sit together and find a solution - without a hidden agenda from either side. Everyone in Lebanon, Christians, Sunnis, Shiites, Druze, Alawi, Jews, etc. can live free with dignity and enjoy security, equality and freedom.”
About the Memorandum of Understanding between Aoun’s Free Patriotic Movement & Hezbollah, his position is: “It's a positive step although I don't agree with the objectives of Hezbollah and its foreign agenda.” As “defence strategy” option, he is for the creation of a “national guard”, an armed force organised regionally, in the framework of the regionalism he is calling for, alongside the Lebanese army and Interior Security Forces (I.S.F.) and integrating Hezbollah Resistance weapons and fighters but also other and new volunteers from all the regions and from all the sects.
Other Activities
He is chairman of Tanit Paramedic & Tanit Medical Engineering. Tanit was established in 1987. It is a trading and distributing company specialized in the medical field. It has developed an extensive network of connections in many parts of the world such as Nigeria. Tanit represents several international manufacturers of medical equipment and supplies and specialized consultant companies in the medical field. www.tanitgroup.com.
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On 5 February 2006, Lebanese and non-Lebanese fundamentalist Sunnites committed barbaric acts of savagery against churches Saint Nicolas and Mar Maroun, the Orthodox diocese and in Achrafiyeh area, because of the Danish caricatures of Prophet Muhammad. Dr Fouad Abou Nader said: “I can not accept such acts. This has aimed to revive tensions that the Lebanese do not want to relive. This hooliganism we brought back 30 years. I am against the blasphemy of the religious beliefs, Muslim or Christian or others. I did not know that the Church of Saint Maron represented the interests of Denmark to be sacked this way. To our brothers in Achrafiyeh, I say: "Do not be afraid, this is not true that we could not do anything, but the truth is that we wanted to do anything because we are confident in the future Lebanon especially after Cedar Revolution which gave the spark for the creation of the new Lebanon", "do not be afraid, we are still there and if necessary we will defend you." This country was built on freedom and this freedom, we represent it, we stand for it, and we are responsible of it. We have confidence in Lebanon armed forces to protect our country and our children. Nevertheless, armed institutions need a strong state to be strong. Everyone should be able to live frees and safes in Lebanon.” |
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Alors que le Liban était sous mandat français et que son existence étaient contestée par les idéologies panarabe et pan-syrienne, les kataëb se structurèrent en organisation à caractère paramilitaire revendiquant l’indépendance du Liban puis en parti de masse voulant s’affirmer sur la scène politique dont l’accès était verrouillé par le système clientéliste mis en place par les notables des différentes communautés.
Le fondateur du Parti Kataëb Pierre GemayelLe 5 novembre 1936, les kataëb virent le jour. Le comité administrateur était formé de Pierre Gemayel, Georges Naccache (fondateur de L’Orient), Charles Hélou (fondateur de Le Jour et président de la République entre 1964 et 1970 après avoir rejoint le courant chéhabiste), Chafic Nassif et Hamid Frangié (frère de Sleiman Frangié qui fut président de la République entre 1970 et 1976) lequel fut rapidement remplacé par Emile Yared. Le manifeste fondateur précisait vouloir « superposer aux vieux idéaux confessionnels un idéal national ». Le 27 avril 1937, la direction fût confiée à Pierre Gemayel sur proposition de Georges Naccache qui souhaitait solidifier l’unité interne. Joseph Chader fut nommé secrétaire général, Joseph Saadé président du conseil de discipline et Abdo Saad trésorier. Le 20 juillet 1947, les Kataeb prirent le nom de « Parti de la Fédération Libanaise ». Puis, le 20 mai 1952, les Phalanges Libanaises se proclamèrent « Parti Démocrate Social ». En effet, le Parti Kataeb défendit une démocratie sociale basée sur la liberté qui ne serait pas celle des capitalistes et d’une égalité qui ne serait pas celle des communistes.
Le Parti Kataëb se voulait être un mouvement à caractère paramilitaire puis un parti de masse fort d’une idéologie, d’une organisation et d’un chef suprême. Ainsi, il attira des intellectuels rejetant le système clientéliste : Edmond Saab qui prônait la pensée personnaliste, Antoine Najem le fédéralisme, etc. Si le caractère paramilitaire du Parti s’inspirait des mouvements fascistes, son organisation et sa structure rappelaient celles des partis communistes : le bureau politique, organe de décision ; le conseil central, collège électoral de consultation et de contrôle ; le conseil général, qui se réunit tous les trois mois ou sur demande du BP ; le congrès annuel d’orientation ; le jury d’honneur pour les questions de discipline.
Si leur idéologie dépassait les clivages confessionnels (manifeste fondateur, congrès de 1968 qui aboutit au projet de loi instituant le mariage civil facultatif et mémorandum pour régler la question communautaire et faire avancer la laïcisation du système politique adressé au président de la République et au patriarche maronite dans an-Nahar le 24 août 1975) et leurs rangs comptaient jusqu’à plus d’un cinquième de musulmans, les kataëb devinrent, en raison du soutien grandissant de la rue chrétienne (notamment grâce à ses orateurs : Louis Aboucharaf, Edmond Rizk, Georges Saadé et Elias Rabbabi) et de l’arrivée massive des réfugiés palestiniens bouleversant le fragile équilibre libanais, le fer de lance du « camp chrétien » : en 1958 d’abord en effectuant une contre-insurrection pour éviter que le Liban ne tombe dans la sphère nassérienne puis à partir de 1975 en résistant contre les organisations palestiniennes et leurs alliés puis contre l’armée syrienne.
Suite à la contre-insurrection des kataëb, les notables furent bien obligés de faire une place à cheikh Pierre Gemayel qui dès lors se comporta à son tour en notable, ce qui poussa les intellectuels à quitter le Parti. En effet, si le président suprême avait un mandat de trois ans renouvelables, cheikh Pierre Gemayel régna en maître jusqu’à sa mort en 1984. Alors vice-président, Elie Karamé assura l’intérimaire jusqu’en 1986. Georges Saadé fut alors élu président suprême du Parti. Sa réélection en 1989, 1992, 1995 et 1998 et les élections de Mounir Hajj en 1999 et de Karim Pakradouni en 2001 furent toutes contestées par l’Opposition Kataëb emmenée par Elie Karamé. Le 21 juillet 2005, le tribunal de première instance de Beyrouth donna raison à l’Opposition Kataëb. La conséquence du jugement est de frapper d’illégalité les directions successives du parti depuis 1989, les décisions de ces directions, ainsi que leurs présidents respectifs, Georges Saadé, Mounir el-Hajj et Karim Pakradouni. De plus, le tribunal nomma l’ancien magistrat Hafez Zakhour directeur provisoire des affaires du Parti Kataëb, précisant que sa tâche sera d’organiser de nouvelles élections dans les plus brefs délais.
Karim Pakradouni qui y vit une décision qui « porte un coup à Taëf même » (Georges Saadé ayant signé l’accord au nom des chrétiens en tant que chef du Parti Kataëb) choisit de faire appel et de s’entendre avec l’ancien président de la République, cheikh Amine Gemayel, avec lequel il était en conflit (le fils du fondateur du Parti fut radié du parti et créa le Mouvement Réformiste Kataëb, son fils cadet Samy, prenant la tête de la Base Kataëb, la section jeune et estudiantine).
Amine GemayelAinsi, une structure provisoire vit le jour : cheikh Amine Gemayel devint président suprême, Karim Pakradouni président, Pierre Gemayel (fils ainé de l’ancien président de la République) chef des aqlims (bureaux régionaux), etc. Le bureau politique fut partagé en deux : des membres affilés à Karim Pakradouni parmi lesquels Nader Sukkar (lequel démissionna en 2006) et d’autres à cheikh Amine Gemayel parmi lesquels Solange Gemayel (épouse du président-martyr Bachir Gemayel, ancien commandant en chef des Forces Libanaises et fils de cheikh Pierre Gemayel), son frère Joseph Toutounji et Walid Farès mais aussi David Awkar, Naji Hajjar (exclu en 2006) et Ibrahim Haddad (lequel démissionna en 2006). Ces trois derniers étant des proches de Fouad Abou Nader, ancien commandant en chef des Forces Libanaises, ancien bras droit de Bachir Gemayel et ancien chef des aqlims à qui fut fait la promesse de créer un comité supérieur (dans lequel il siègerait avec Elie Karamé) chargé de démocratiser et de moderniser les structures et l’organisation du Parti. Ce comité ne vit jamais le jour. Fouad Abou Nader et ses compagnons tournèrent la page kataëb et créèrent le Front de la Liberté. Après l’assassinat de Pierre Gemayel le 21 novembre 2006, Michel Mékattaf, le gendre de cheikh Amine Gemayel, fut désigné chef des aqlims. Samy Gemayel qui avait créé « Moukawimoun hata el Horriye » en 2005 avec d’autres jeunes (pour la plupart issus de la Base Kataëb) souhaitant la fédéralisation du Liban, groupe qui se transforma en « Alliance Loubnanouna », retourna au Parti. En 2007, il prit la tête des jeunes et des étudiants du Parti. A la fin de l’année, Karim Pakradouni démissionna de la présidence du Parti.
Le 28ème congrès extraordinaire du Parti n’ayant pas eu lieu, le secrétaire général du Parti (Ibrahim Richa) annonça fin février 2008 l’élection d’office du président (cheikh Amine Gemayel), des vice-présidents (Chaker Aoun, proche d’Elie Karamé et Sélim el-Sayegh) et des membres du bureau politique (parmi lesquels Michel Mékattaf, chef des aqlims et Albert Kostanian, membre de l’Alliance Loubnanouna et proche de Samy Gemayel), du conseil d’honneur (dont son président, Ghassan Daou) et de la commission supérieure pour le contrôle financier (dont son président, Antoine Kassouf). |
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