Qornet Shehwan Gathering

The Qurnat - Schahwan Collection (French Rassemblement de Kornet Chehwane, Arabic لقاء قرنة شهوان Liqa ʾ Qurnat Schahwān ) is a political association in Lebanon, the politicians, intellectuals and businessmen belong.

Most of them are Christians of different faiths and include in their political ideology, the right and center-left. The organization is not a political party in the traditional sense: its members belong to, and in some cases lead other political parties. The collection is therefore more of a loose coalition, although it is not clear whether he intends to be for the purpose of elections to be organized.

History

The name of the alliance comes from the city of their Hauptquartieres ago Qurnat Schahwan, a town in the mountains of Lebanon. It was founded on 30 April 2001 by a total of 29 individuals who represent the political parties and civic organizations, as well as some independent members, and received the blessing of the Patriarch Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir, the Maronite community. Membership was subjected to changes (see below), because some of the founding members and parties are no longer connected with the alliance. Also Patriarch Sfeir retired from his previous use something back ( under pressure from the government, some argue ). Some one who have left the alliance, but work informally with the coalition continues.

In the run up to the full withdrawal of the Syrian army, the Alliance had originally called for their regrouping in the Bekaa Valley. In the shock result of the assassination attempt on the convoy of former Prime Minister Rafiq al -Hariri on 14 February 2005, the Qurnat - Schahwan collection expanded their campaign but on the immediate and complete withdrawal of Syrian troops and intelligence services, and called for the holding of parliamentary elections and presidential elections, which are free of foreign interference. The member of the collection and current Member of Parliament Samir Frangieh said on 16 March 2005 that parliamentary elections would precede the presidential elections because the current Parliament ( elected in 2000 and was allegedly created in the by gerrymander a pro-Syrian majority ) most likely again would choose a pro-Syrian president as successor by Émile Lahoud, who is regarded by the opposition as a Syrian puppet.

The parliamentary elections in Lebanon in 2005 were for the Qurnat - Schahwan collection a disaster, mainly because they had no alliance concluded with the Free Patriotic Movement of General Michel Aoun, whose candidates won 21 seats in the Christian heartland. Only a few members of the collection, Nayla Moawad, Samir Frangieh, Boutros Harb and six candidates of the Lebanese Forces managed to be elected to parliament, mainly through the support of their Muslim electoral allies ( Saad Hariri's Courant du Futur, Walid Jumblatt and his Progressive Socialist Party and by Hezbollah in the constituency Baabda alayh ). Overall, the collection has received less than 20% of the Christian votes.

Principle

The Qurnat - Schahwan Collection holds seven principles that:

  • Lebanon is not an artificial state structure, but a homeland of all Lebanese. As such, he is chained to his independence and can solve its problems only as an independent nation.
  • Differences between the political groups and religions must be solved through mutual respect and dialogue, not confrontation.
  • The Taif Agreement and the following related amendments to the Constitution of Lebanon must be implemented faithfully and may not be manipulated by "external forces to achieve internal profits".
  • A modern constitutional structure that is based on democracy and is committed to the applicable laws and equality of all citizens guaranteed to be created. The judiciary should be independent of political interference.
  • Israel is considered " the main source of danger for the people and the country." The resistance against the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon 1982-2000 is welcomed. ( On this point, the Qurnat - Schahwan collection does not contradict the status quo of the Lebanese foreign policy and avoids a contentious political issue ).
  • The Syrian presence in Lebanon must be stopped, and Lebanon and Syria must build their relationships as equal partners new. Close relationships and " fraternal connections " can be achieved only if neither side is controlled by the other.
  • Lebanon is an integral part of the Arab world and wants to play in it as a sovereign state has a role.

Objectives

The Qurnat - Schahwan Collection has the following five objectives:

A comprehensive pan-Arab peace agreement with Israel to secure Arab rights. It should be no unilateral peace agreement with Lebanon.

Members

The following parties and individuals are or were members of the Qurnat - Schahwan collection. Parties and their respective members are listed alphabetically, with party chairman will be placed at the top of the representative of a party. The members of the current National Assembly are characterized by ( MP).

Current members

  • Kata'ib Party ( Phalange ):
  • Amine Gemayel ( Maronite ); past president ( 1982-1988 )
  • Pierre Gemayel Jr. († November 21, 2006 assassination attempt ) ( Maronite, MP)
  • Antoine Ghanem ( Maronite, MP)
  • Elie Karameh ( Melkite Greek - Catholic )
  • Maronite League:
  • Hares Chehab ( Maronite )
  • National Liberal Party:
  • Independent:
  • Mansour el -Bonn ( Maronite, MP)
  • Samir Frangieh ( Maronite )
  • Boutros Harb ( Maronite, MP)
  • Salah Honein ( Maronite, MP)
  • Simon Karam ( Maronite; former Lebanese Ambassador to the United States)
  • Farid el- Khazen ( Maronite, professor of political science at the American University in Beirut )
  • Michel el- Khoury ( Maronite, former minister )
  • Nassib Lahoud ( Maronite, MP)
  • Nayla Moawad ( Maronitin, MP)
  • Nadim Salem ( Maronite, former Member of Parliament )
  • Jad Nehmeh ( Maronite )
  • Elias Skaff ( Maronite, MP)
  • Ghassan Tueni ( Greek Orthodox, editor of an- Nahar, father of the former member of Parliament Gebran Tueni, the one who was murdered on 12 December 2005. )
  • Kamil Ziadeh ( Maronite, former Member of Parliament )

Former members

  • Free Patriotic Movement ( led by General Michel Aoun ):
  • Samir Nader ( Maronite )
  • Youssef Saadallah al- Khoury ( Maronite )
  • Lebanese Forces:
  • Toufic Hindi ( Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch )
  • National Block:
  • Antoine Kleemos ( Maronite )
  • Shakeeb Kortbawi ( Maronite )
  • Samir Abdel Malak ( Maronite )
  • Salim Salhab ( Maronite )
  • Policy ( Lebanon)
  • History of Lebanon
  • Established in 2001
  • Organization ( Lebanon)
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