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Originally Posted by Canadian  Chief, your proposition is surely honorable.
A lot of us would like to do more but some of us think that their hands are tied and sometimes we run out of arguments since we can't even convince ourselves of moves made by the FPM such as:
1) Why haven't there been any FPM internal elections ?
2) Would the FPM ally with the SSNP, Baath, Wi2am Wahhab, Kanso etc ?
3) A corollary to the other question: FPM is a clean party and decided to work only with clean people, the latter aren't better than the Hariris in terms of corruption and Syrian slavery.
4) Why is FPM's message so negative ? It's like there is no ray of hope, it's like all what the party does is attack the others over and over without giving any alternative.
5) The FPM promised to be a different party that deals with politics differently. It promised to be a secular party whereas all that they talk about is the rights of the christians. We thought that it was only for Lebanon, but now we see Michel Aoun talking about the christians in Irak and Iran.
6) What about the non-christian supporters of the FPM ? We almost hear nothing about them.
There are some doubts about FPM's moves and everytime we raise them, people ask us either to shut up or leave. Sometimes we are treated like traitors, since if we don't do exactly what Michel Aoun asks, we're Geagea's dogs :) |
1) The internal election in FPM will be held before the 2009 election.However, it won't be done as the way it should be. In fact ,there was some issues concerning this internal election because it was used by the opponents media to promote that FPM is divided. I guess,democratic procedures and internal elections inside a party are new to the lebanese political scene.And I hope that this step by FPM would push other political parties to do the same.
2) and 3) This is my point of view concerning your second and third point:
In the 90's and untill 05', Hariri,Junblatt,Berri,kanso,SSNP,Murr,... all of them where having their part of the cake from the syrian. Hariri and Jumblatt were able to change side because of their political and religious representations. Kanso, SSNP, wahhab did not change side ...
After '05, everything has changed , now Syria is out and as Jumblatt and Hariri, the others have the right to exist in the lebanese political scene
FPM didn't made alligience to them ... For them, it is more like the "enemy" of my "enemy" is my "friend". So, I guess its ok if they wanted to vote for FPM.
4) and 5) and 6)
FPM is supposed to be a secular party. However, a secular party can hardly survive in a religious society. So FPM ideology is nothing but a scyzophrenic ideology between a secular party and a Christian party.
Since FPM won in 2005 the Christian areas, so FPM felt that he must be defending the Christian causes with keeping its secular ideologies for the "right moment".
And i guess, the right formulas for the Christian to survive in the Middle east is to open bridges of friendship to other people who live here.
I guess that we must have learned from our civil war in 1975, fighting is not an option, we will end up vanishing ... Just because, western countries are now secular and don't care about Christianity in the East.And the other religious groups are supported by their arabic and persian entourage.
So, the right option is to open bridges of friendship with the people who are willing to accept our friendship ...
At the end, I guess that FPM is not a perfect political party ... But at least it is the best in the Lebanese political scene.
26th October 2008
