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Given that Lebanon is going through the most crucial and difficult time in its modern history, Gemayel said it was "unacceptable for the Phalange Party to remain isolated from the Lebanese political scene." "You know, in the past, the party was such a strong political reference," Gemayel added. "It was highly consulted whenever the country went through a crisis." A reunified Phalange Party, according to the former president, would "make sense."
"This reunification has to be spiritual and political," Gemayel said, adding that once united the Phalange Party would be "truly walking in the footsteps of its founder, Sheikh Pierre Gemayel." At Monday's politburo meeting a plan of action was implemented to place the party on the path to reunification. The plan's first step was the election of a transitional follow-up political committee to supervise the Phalange Party's political activities in a "democratic fashion," until November 12, when an election is to be held for the party's presidency.