Kataeb leader Samy Gemayel on Monday praised the Lebanese army on its 77^th founding anniversary, wishing it continuous success, coherence, development in the most delicate phase of the Lebanese history. 

“ You are the one and only legitimate army eligible to carry arms,”Gemayel tweeted. 

“Happy Army Day!”  he added.

For his part, Vice President of the Kataeb Party Georges Jreij paid tribute to the Lebanese army on its day.

“We only seek the Lebanese army. All the respect,” he tweeted.  

Kataeb lawmaker Selim Sayegh said that the Lebanese army would not give up neither on its country nor on its people. 

““We will not give up” is not only the army’s slogan but rather an action carried out for the interest of Lebanon,” Sayegh tweeted. 

“The Lebanese army will not give up before illegal weapons and interest of the corrupt officials,” he added.

 “We will always stick by your side,” he noted. 

“We will never compromise nor give up,” he concluded.