Consensus on praising Hussein Al-Husseini’s moderation and patriotism
The former Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Hussein Al-Husseini, whose death was announced yesterday, remained a “guardian” of the deliberations that took place between the Lebanese deputies, and we mourned for 34 years, by releasing those discussions, since the “Taif Agreement” was reached in 1989, despite the attempts made by many, And I was among them, to persuade him to publish it.
He believed that the deliberations of the deputies had become the property of history, and that there was no need to dig up those notebooks and open old wounds, and he stressed that what is important now is to implement the agreement as it was reached, and to build on the fact that it saved the country from the dangers of partition, and spared it the continuation of the waves of killing, displacement and civil wars.
Hussein Al-Husseini came to politics early, from an old family in one of the towns of the Lebanese Bekaa region. He co-founded the “Amal” movement in 1973 alongside Imam Musa al-Sadr, and assumed its presidency between 1978 and 1980 before it moved to President Nabih Berri. He was from an elite and an ancient political school that considers political action to serve the nation, not the other way around.
When he resigned from the Parliament membership in 2008, it was as if he had realized early on the futility of political work in Lebanon and the limits that had become imposed on legislative work. After that, he repeatedly refused to run in the elections and retired from political work, but he remained a reference in constitutional matters, especially with regard to the impurities that were related to the implementation of the Taif Agreement. And following Al-Husseini’s departure yesterday, due to a health problem, the words that called him, from various political directions, unanimously agreed on his moderation and his sense of patriotism.
President Nabih Berri described him as “a great figure in Lebanon, and a patriotic stature of his stature, who has dedicated all her life in defense of the homeland, its people, the unity of its soil, and its national and national identity.” As for President Najib Mikati, he referred to the role that Al-Husseini played in the Taif Conference and his great merit in approving the “National Accord Document” that ended the Lebanese war. He added that Al-Husseini knew, with his patriotic sense, how to secure balances at the heart of constitutional reforms, which constitute a guarantee of stability in Lebanon.
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