Mustaqbal Movement Announces Election Platform: No Weapons above State Weapons
Mustaqbal Movement on Sunday announced its election platform with its leader Saad Hariri stressing that the state should be the sole bearer of weapon.
"There should be no weapons above state weapons," Hariri told a massive rally organized by Mustaqbal Movement at BIEL center in downtown Beirut.
With powerful presence and charisma, Hariri said: "We don”t believe in arms as means to express viewpoints. We believe in dialogue."
"We want people”s dreams to come true. We want Lebanon a state of coexistence," Hariri vowed in the second such impromptu speech during the period of his short political career.
He said he believed that sectarian strife destroys national unity and "we have no other choice but protect unity."
He said Mustaqbal Movement will not tolerate a situation of non-coexistence.
Hariri also said that his movement supports the Palestinian cause, stressing that he will not accept the "right of return" to become a "commodity."
Finally, he called upon his allies to run parliamentary elections hand-in-hand, under joint electoral lists.
Addressing supporters, Hariri said: "We are only nine weeks before Election Day, nine weeks before you show your loyalty by voting to elect a capable state, a (state of) coexistence."
His impressive speech came following Mustaqbal Movement announced its electoral platform in which it declared itself a "national political party for Lebanon."
The platform was offered in several consecutive speeches, tackling the political, economic and social issues.
It called for "renunciation of all sorts of extremism, violence and sectarian isolation."
"The capable state is the state that can provide security for all Lebanese," stressing that the government should be sole bearer of weapon.
"The state alone has the right to make national decisions without any foreign interference through (political) parties or militias," it added.
Mustaqbal called for setting up a rural bank to support rural areas and said citizens should have the right to educational services.
Regarding the economic and social platform, Mustaqbal said it believed that the private sector is the backbone of the Lebanese economy.
It called for stimulating development and creating new job opportunities through encouraging the agriculture and industry sectors in addition to upgrading the electricity sector.
Mustaqbal also called for providing social protection via developing the social security system, putting an end to poverty and discrimination among regions and safeguarding the environment.