On the forty-eighth anniversary of the assassination of former Minister Tony Suleiman Franjieh and members of his family and companions in Ehden, the President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, said: “Recalling the memory of this painful event requires us to learn from the lessons of blood what the years of peace did not teach us. True national memory does not select its wounds, but rather carries them all to build on its pain a pledge of non-repetition. Aoun pointed out that Lebanon today stands before a fateful entitlement: either its children will unite in a sovereign state that monopolizes weapons, rules the law, and protects the citizen regardless of his affiliation or location, or it will remain hostage to the logic of militias and the culture of abolition. He stressed that we are in a moment that cannot tolerate sectarian luxury or regional tension, stressing that national unity today is not a slogan raised on special occasions, but rather an existential necessity built with frankness, strengthened with justice, and rooted in fairness to all components of this people without exception.