Gemayel from Dar al-Fatwa: No One Can Claim Guardianship over Any Community

Kataeb Party leader Sami Gemayel held talks Thursday at Dar al-Fatwa with Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan.

The Grand Mufti is “a Lebanese authority who enjoys a patriotic conscience and deals with all the sensitive issues with a lot of moderation and openness,” Gemayel said after the meeting.

“In this critical situation, we are interested in hearing the mufti’s viewpoint and exploring Dar al-Fatwa’s orientations after ex-PM Saad Hariri’s step. Everyone knows that there was an essential disagreement with him (Hariri) over the political approach and the settlements that happened in the last period, and in his last speech, he admitted that they were wrong,” Gemayel added.

“Despite all the disagreements with Hariri over the past years… the moderation that has been embodied by al-Mustaqbal Movement is an essential need for the country,” Gemayel went on to say.

The policy of “renouncing violence that was adopted by each of al-Mustaqbal Movement and Hariri is an essential point to us,” the Kataeb leader added.

He also said that “no one can claim guardianship over any street, seeing as each citizen is free in their decision.”