“Jean isn’t praising. He’s drawing a line.”

Rafic Hariri built the state. Nawaf Salam is restoring it. Fouad Makhzoumi extends its sovereignty. The man who stood in parliament and called for Hezbollah’s disarmament outright, welcomed the Washington talks as the first crack in decades of imposed war, and pressed for one army, one state, and borders demarcated with every neighbor. No hedging. No triangulation.

What was assassinated on February 14, 2005 wasn’t a man. It was a school: Sunni leadership as state builders, not sect bosses. Beirut, Riyadh, and Washington spent twenty years asking when this would return.

It just did.

The PM file is a delivery question: who can rebuild the state, attract Gulf and international capital, and tell a militia “no” without flinching. The question now is whether the rest of the political class has noticed, or whether the moment has already moved past them.

“In a turbulent phase, Nawaf Salam was the right man to confront Hezbollah’s attempts to destabilize the Lebanese state.

And tomorrow, what will be required is restoring the prestige and authority of the state, returning Lebanon to its natural place within the proper alliances, and extending its sovereignty over all its territories. Fuad Makhzoumi will be the man of the coming phase.

With these two men, the Sunni sect appears to have finally reclaimed the model of the statesman, after having missed it since the absence of President Rafic Hariri.”

“Following this milestone, led by MP @fmakhzoumi, officially, 79% of the Lebanese parliament is now backing President Aoun’s vision and commitment to lead direct enduring peace negotiations to reach an enduring border dispute resolution with Israel along with the disarmament of all militias.

This on the day the Commander General of the LAF met General Clearfield.”

“Parliamentarian and founder of the National Dialogue Party Fouad Makhzoumi on Saturday stressed the primacy of state sovereignty and endorsed direct negotiations with Israel as key to ending the country’s current crisis, saying ‘the exclusive right of the state to decide on war and peace’ must be upheld.”

“Sunnis have always stood behind the institutions of the state. But today is different, we are navigating critical times. Now, with clarity and determination, they stand firmly in support of President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, embracing responsibility and backing direct dialogue with Israel as a necessary and courageous step forward.”