October 22, 2026
Beirut – Representative Paula Yacoubian raised the file of Lebanese war crimes, coinciding with the thirty-sixth anniversary of the assassination of Danny Chamoun and his family, stressing that achieving accountability constitutes an inevitable pillar of any serious path aimed at reforming the state and building a different future for the country.
In a tweet she posted on her account on the “X” platform, Yacoubian described the anniversary of the assassination of Chamoun and his family as one of the ugliest stations of the war, considering that this tragedy “summarizes the brutality of war and its princes who still control the fate of the country, at a time when some are promoting them as reform projects.”
In the context of her comment, the representative asked: “Whoever committed war crimes, how can he be trusted to reform the state?”, stressing that “Lebanon is not built by whitewashing the pages of the past, but by holding accountable those who destroyed it, past and present, and these people, of course, will not build a future in it.”
This position comes on the anniversary of the assassination of Danny Chamoun, his wife Ingrid, and their two children, a crime that remains a pivotal point in the political memory of the Lebanese war, at a time when the debate continues about ways to approach the legacy of the conflict, determine responsibilities, and the role of justice in turning the pages of the past without obliterating them.
