Kataeb MP Nadim Gemayel on Tuesday sharply criticized Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri over his latest comments regarding the emerging Lebanon-Israel framework agreement, accusing him of political miscalculations over decades and warning against continued reliance on Hezbollah’s armed role outside State control.

“Mr. Speaker, for four decades, you have missed one opportunity after another, and your wagers have collapsed one after the other. From the slogan of ‘liberating Jerusalem’ to the promise of ‘the disappearance of Israel,’ it has always been the Lebanese who paid the price," Gemayel said in a post addressing the speaker on his X account. 

Berri had rejected the Lebanon–Israel–U.S. trilateral framework on Monday, saying the deal is "ten times worse than the May 17, 1983 agreement."

"Were you not the one who took pride in bringing down the 17 May Agreement? Today, after everything that has happened, you have come to mourn it! And if you continue with the same bets, it will not be long before you end up mourning the framework agreement as well," Gemayel wrote. "Enough betting on the unknown, while the homes of most of those you represent lie in ruins and their people are crushed under the weight of war and crises."

"Enough invoking the specter of internal strife, when you know better than anyone that keeping Hezbollah’s weapons outside the State control has become one of the main causes of strife," he added.

"Mr. Speaker, for years, you considered Shiite unity to be paramount, and you went far in covering for Hezbollah’s weapons, believing it would protect the existence of the community—even if that protection came at the expense of the State and the interests of the Lebanese, particularly Shiites," Gemayel said.

"Today, however, the equation has changed. Preserving that existence now requires differentiation and an end to covering Hezbollah’s weapons and its adventures, because the alternative is more wars and destruction, down to the last village, the last home, and the last road," he concluded.