Updates

Below are National Bloc's latest updates, along with its political statements, activities and projects.

NB criticizes Bassil’s “insults to Lebanese minds”: Are quota-based nominations and wasteful projects part of his intended change?

The Lebanese National Bloc Party lambasted the stated positions of the Free Patriotic Movement leader Gebran Bassil, in his latest press conference. The Bloc considered that his comments contained many “insults” to Lebanese and “their minds”; one of them being...

National Bloc to Nasrallah: Lebanon at stake by linking economy to any warring axes

The Lebanese National Bloc Party, commenting on the calls by Hezbollah's Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to turn eastward, said that if China would “risk investing” in Lebanon, it would not be “at the service of the citizens, but for the...

National Bloc: Quota-setting apparatus fully responsible for the crisis

On Friday, the Lebanese National Bloc Party stated that the “quota-setting apparatus” should be held “fully” responsible for the crisis, saying that this apparatus “instructed its supporters to target the Central Bank Governor, holding him solely responsible for the bankruptcy,”...

National Bloc: Any national unity government will not regain the trust lost on October 17

The National Bloc warned that the parties in power are raising “contentious issues to divert attention from the fundamental issue, which is the economic crisis.” It asserted that their ultimate goal was nothing less than forming “a new government restoring...

Two parties responsible for sectarian altercations… Arms issue needs internal dialogue

The Lebanese National Bloc Party said that two parties are responsible for yesterday’s sectarian altercations: On the one hand intruders looking for a role with infiltrators raising the arms issue, and on the other hand, the parties in power that...

We will be at the demonstrators’ side until the fall of the government

The Lebanese National Bloc Party stressed that “continuing popular pressure” is the main condition to impose change on the parties in power, saying that it would remain by the side of the demonstrators at all times and place until the...

The revolution continues until an independent government is formed

The Lebanese National Bloc Party stressed that the revolution would return with its one and only demand since October 17, 2019: forming of an independent sovereign government with legislative powers.

Uprising is the people’s revolution and not just demonstrations that can be infiltrated

The Lebanese National Bloc Party criticized the sectarian parties and government attempts at infiltrating and changing the path of the revolution stating that “the uprising is the people’s revolution and cannot be summarized with demonstrations and rallies.” In a statement...

Political parties back to electoral square one after fall of amnesty law

The Lebanese National Bloc Party criticized the way the amnesty law proposal was dropped in the legislative session yesterday, describing it as a trade off by the authority to gain sectarian and clientelistic ends against victims’ rights to either punish...

To Hassan Nasrallah: fighting the occupant is a lesser Jihad

The Lebanese National Bloc Party stated that it was not true that those fighting occupation are not the same as those fighting corruption, explaining that corruption and its causes constitute the epitome of human humiliation and slavery. In response to...