During an intervention in the joint parliamentary committee session to discuss the contingency plan, Kataeb Leader Samy Gemayel affirmed that Lebanon could still avoid being dragged into war by deploying the Lebanese army fully along the borders and preventing any attempt to drag the country into a war unwanted by the Lebanese.

He called for discussions in the Parliament to focus on avoiding a catastrophe rather than addressing its consequences.

Gemayel expressed his gratitude to the government for its plan, believing that having a plan is better than having none.

“The ongoing war on Lebanon's borders is neither a natural disaster nor beyond Lebanon's control,” he noted.

“We are facing a military reality within the scope of Lebanon's sovereign state authority. We hope that the Prime Minister will be present at the session and that a minister briefs us on the progress and expected measures to avoid such a catastrophe,” he went on saying.

“Instead of searching for ways to extinguish the fire in Lebanon and admitting our inability to do so, we should focus on preventing its outbreak,” Gemayel concluded.