Kataeb Slams Hizbullah, Tawhid Parades, Warns against Return to 1960 Law

The Kataeb Party on Monday warned over the military parade that Hizbullah has held in Syria's Qusayr and the paramilitary parade that ex-minister Wiam Wahhab has organized in the Chouf town of Jahliyeh.

“On the occasion of Independence Day, the Kataeb Party believes that the attempts to regularize the possession of light-caliber and heavy-caliber arms... raise major questions about the meaning of full and ultimate sovereignty as it is stipulated in the Constitution,” said the party in a statement issued after its politburo's weekly meeting.

It warned that “these parades inside and outside Lebanon represent a major challenge for the beginning of the new presidential tenure and on the eve of Independence Day.”

Turning to the issue of the stalled cabinet formation process, Kataeb cautioned that any delay would postpone addressing “the pressing and vital issues.”

“It would also paralyze legislation in parliament, especially that related to the electoral law, which would risk a return to the 1960 law that produces incorrect representation and deforms our democratic system,” it added.