The Guardians of
the Cedars' position on the Taef accord
It is typically
normal for the party to reject in meaning and form the Taef accord because
it fundamentally contradicts its ideology, political program and strategy.
The main reasons behind
the party's position are:
- The accord was prepared
and signed outside the Lebanese territories in Saudi Arabia, the same country
that sponsored the Riyad accord which granted the Syrians a legitimate cover
under what was known at the time as the Arab Deterrent Force. Saudi Arabia
financed the wars of the Palestinians and strangers against Lebanon. It
also covered the expenses of the Syrian regime's occupation of it.
From its position as a
resisting party and in the name conscience of the genuine Lebanese resistance
we say: The Lebanese people strictly rejects any accord imposed on it from
without and only accepts decisions that are made on its territory and based
on its national will. Doing this, we remain faithful to every drop of blood
that was spilled on this holy ground while confronting the Palestinian harlotry
and Syrian occupation.
- The Taef accord puts
Lebanon under the mandate of the Arabs and this constitutes a fraudulence
to its true identity.
- The very same politicians
who previously signed the Cairo accord in 1969, were responsible for drafting
the Taef accord. The Lebanese people was yearning to try them instead of
giving them a chance to sign a new humiliating accord.
- The Taef accord gave
Syria a free hand in Lebanon's fate. It is now using Lebanon as a tool in
its struggle against Israel while the Syrio-Israeli frontier is calm and
quiet .
- Our rejection to the
Taef accord is compatible with the will of the vast majority of the Lebanese
people who marched to Baabda palace in 1989 to announce their rejection
to it.
- The constitutional
reforms that rendered Lebanon with a 3-head (troika) political system and
showed that the war was one between the Lebanese themselves.
- The demand to have
distinctive relations with Syria which we completely reject and strife against.
- Forcing Lebanon to
go back into the traditional politics that was the main reason behind
the war.
Anyone who reads history
carefully, perceive beyond doubt that the Lebanese people knows how to bend
without being broken, how to revolt at the right time and will remain, as
always, a dramatic people whose challenge is his fate.