Memorandum of understanding between the Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah

The memorandum called for a national dialogue, seeing it as the only solution to the problems in Lebanon. It also encouraged all that all political and popular sides should engage in it with full transparency in all national matters which require a general consensus.

The two parties agreed that consociational and consensus democracy is the basis of governing in Lebanon, as it represents the constitution and coexistence pact in Lebanon. The practice of "true democracy" and "majority-minority" in politics remains dependent on the fulfillment of the historical and social conditions for the actual democratic practice in which the citizen becomes a value in itself..

The reform and regularity of political life in Lebanon necessitates reliance on an electoral law law, of which proportional representation may be one of its effective forms, in a way that guarantees the correctness and fairness of popular representation and contributes to the following:

1. Activating the work of parties and developing them, leading to the establishment of civil society.
2. Reducing the influence of political money and sectarian fanaticism.
3. Providing equal opportunities of using and access to different media organization.
4. Securing the necessary means to enable the Lebanese expatriates to exercise their electoral right.

The government and the parliament are required to adhere to the shortest possible deadlines for the approval of the required electoral law.

To build a modern state that have the trust of its citizens and provides the safety of their present and future, multiple terms are aimed at. One of them is relying on the standards efficiency and justice, as well as the judicial independence, respecting all constitutional institutions, and fighting corruption.

To "turn the page" of the civil war, the issues concerning it should be solved quickly, so FPM and Hezbollah are asking all other parties full cooperation to reveal the fate of the missing people and the locations of mass graves.

Seeing any Lebanese in Lebanon is better than seeing him on enemy's territories, so Nasrallah and Aoun are asking every Lebanese citizen in Israel to comeback immediately to Lebanon.

The two sides are condemning every kind of political assassination, especially the assassination of Rafic Hariri and Gebran Tueni, calling for the investigations to continue in order to achieve justice and stop the ongoing situation of assassinations and bombings. They are also calling the government to make a full security plan, neutralizing the security institutions from politics, without any infringement of freedom and political activities.

The establishment of diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria must be based on mutual respect of the sovereignty and independence of both states and refusing any kind of External guardianship. Confirming that Shebaa Farms are Lebanese and the demarcation of borders would benefit the two countries, and Syria is demanded to reveal the fate of the Lebanese detainees in its prisons.

Palestinians are asked to respect the authority of the Lebanese state, and the state should try to develop the living standards in the camps in accordance with the mutual cooperation, the human rights and the requirements for decent living, as well facilitating moving in and out the country. Lebanon is sympathetic to the Palestinian cause, but it refuses any kind of localization.

Defending the sovereignty and independence of Lebanon is a "national duty", so Hezbollah does not consider Carrying arms as a goal in itself, but as a way to practice the resistance to free Lebanese occupied lands. In this context, Hezbollah's weapons must come within a comprehensive approach that falls between two limits: The first limit is to rely on the justifications that meet the national consensus and form the strengths of Lebanon and the Lebanese in maintaining weapons, and the other limit is to define the objective conditions that lead to he absence of reasons and justifications for the campaign.

Since Israel is occupying the Shebaa Farms, capturing the Lebanese resistance fighters and threatening Lebanon, the Lebanese must shoulder their responsibilities and share the burdens of protecting Lebanon, preserving its existence and security, and preserving its independence and sovereignty through ending it's occupation, freeing the Lebanese prisoners and protecting Lebanon from Israel's attack by drafting a national defense strategy on which all the Lebanese agree, and engage in it by bearing its burdens and benefiting from its results.