 Ghassan Tueni described the 1989 Taif Agreement as "the peace of the others".After his son Gebran Tueni's assassination, Ghassan Tueni became the candidate for his son's seat in parliament and won the election.In June 2005, he published an article in "An Nahar" in which he praised Abdul Halim Khaddam's, former vice president of Syria, resignation from the Baath Party.