"In view of the actual military and political situations, and to avoid a blood bath, and to save what remains, I ask of the army command to execute the orders of General Lahoud" ( The last communique of General Aoun 13/Oct/1990)
"The military operation has been accomplished swiftly, during which the legal forces, helped by the Syrian forces whom we thank wholeheartedly, executed their sacred duty to safeguard the Nation, its institutions as well as the unity of the army and the people. (Extract of the speech of M. Elias Hraoui on 13/Oct/1990).
"The rebellion of Michel Aoun is terminated for ever. (Selim Hoss, first prime minister of the government of Elias Hraoui).
AND WHAT WAS THE RESULT? A new Constitution and a new Republic. Is it for this Republic that thousands of Lebanese (all groups) died?
In general, the second Republic, which logically follows the first, is born to positively change things, to bring forth a modern vision and a new history. Ours (our 2nd Republic) only returned us to the prehistoric era.
We ask ourselves if one single Lebanese is happy with the actual state of things? We ask ourselves too , if the political class is aware that not a single Lebanese abroad has returned to the native land, neither to live or invest? We ask ourselves as well, why the displaced haven't recovered their villages? why hasn't our country profited from the financial aid promised by the Arab states? Isn't it by lack of trust in the actual state of the situation in the country?
(Weekly Nahar, 12 October 1996)