The Kataeb's Political Bureau held its weekly meeting, chaired by the party’s Vice President, Dr. Bernard Gerbaka, to review the latest political and electoral developments. Following the session, it issued the following statement:

1. The Political Bureau renews its call to place the draft law on expatriate voting on the agenda of Parliament’s general assembly, in order to ensure that Lebanese abroad can exercise their constitutional right to vote without obstruction or delay.

The Bureau warns that any deliberate attempt to withhold the draft from a vote amounts to confiscating the will of a large segment of Lebanese citizens. It stresses that Parliament is a representative legislative body whose Speaker has no authority to block draft laws or proposals based on political, factional, or circumstantial pretexts. Doing so constitutes a violation of the Constitution and of the core principles of the parliamentary system.

It also pointed to the ongoing tour led by the Party chief in several diaspora countries, aimed at encouraging Lebanese abroad to register to vote. Their participation remains a fundamental component of the broader effort to restore the State and redirect the country’s political trajectory.

2. The Political Bureau congratulates comrades Maurice Gemayel Milad Hakim, as well as Imad Martinos, and the newly elected members of the Beirut Bar Association Council and the Pension Fund, on their well-deserved victories in the syndicate elections.

The Party salutes all lawyers who reaffirmed their commitment to democracy at its very core, rising above smear campaigns, distortions, and accusations of treason launched by certain political groups ahead of the vote. The results achieved by the Kataeb-backed candidates confirm that such tactics failed to mislead the legal community, which entrusted them with its confidence.

3. The Political Bureau values Saudi Arabia’s readiness to reactivate and strengthen its trade relations with Lebanon, considering this direction the natural and correct course for ties between two brotherly countries bound by mutual respect and shared interests.

The Bureau believes that restoring this supportive Arab spirit toward Lebanon is precisely what the country needs after years of misguided political decisions that damaged Beirut’s ties to the Arab world and weakened its strategic depth, which has long been a pillar of political and economic stability in the country.

4. The Political Bureau condemns Hezbollah for targeting its opponents in areas under its control, once again demonstrating, with unmistakable clarity, the role of the group’s weapons in suppressing and intimidating Lebanese citizens both north and south of the Litani River.

The Bureau affirms that such practices expose the fallacy of Hezbollah’s claim that expatriates should be denied the right to vote on the grounds that the group supposedly cannot run electoral campaigns abroad, when its domestic campaigns rely on intimidation and silencing dissent.

In this context, the Political Bureau urges the State to assert its authority through its legitimate institutions and protect all its citizens, wherever they may be, from such practices.