After the extension was approved for the leaders of security agencies, Kataeb Leader Samy Gemayel stated: “We are against the extension absolutely. However, when there is no possibility of appointment, there is no other option for the continuity of the military institution except by postponing the dismissal of the commander.”

"It was the government's duty to fulfill its responsibilities by securing public facilities, and thus, the primary responsibility lies with the Cabinet. However, just as they obstructed the presidency, they hindered the Cabinet, and today's session flew away, putting national security at risk,” he noted.

 "The danger was in dismantling the military institution, so we made a major exception and came to the session to prevent a vacuum in the army institution and secure the protection of national security,” he added.

"Today, I consider that we have protected Lebanon with our last breath, and it is more necessary than ever for everyone to understand that Lebanon cannot exist without a state,” he noted.

“If Free Patriotic Movement Leader Gebran Bassil was keen on the military establishment, he would have secured the continuity of the institution by postponing the dismissal through the Minister of Defense,” Gemayel went on saying.

“This matter was one of the duties of the Minister of Defense, but the latter’s procrastination forced the Cabinet and the Parliament to make an exception based on the principle of protecting national security,” he affirmed.

He considered that "Gebran Bassil is part of a basic alliance that includes "Hezbollah" that boycotted the session and should bear his responsibility."

The Kataeb Leader stressed that the alternative to his party’s attendance at the legislative session was the turmoil within the Lebanese army and the Constitutional Council knows this matter.

 “For us, we accept the democratic path in the Council and agree on any figure who enjoys consensus and discussion by any other name, but will the other party give up its candidate and meet us halfway? Therefore, it is the one who bears the responsibility for disrupting the election of the President of the Republic,” Gemayel concluded.