Former Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Fatfat on Saturday said that the events of Jabal Mohsin and Bab al-Tabbaneh were totally linked to the political situation in Lebanon, blaming Hezbollah for the recent violence in Tripoli and pointing out that the Lebanese army could not "carry out its duty to prevent clashes."In an interview with the Al-Mustaqbal newspaper, Fatfat said there had been "negligence" by the army in carrying out the "clear role assigned to the military institution - because the army should be firm and decisive."
He noted that "Speaker Nabih Berri has preached that crisis would continue if we did not reach agreement concerning the ministerial statement, and the aim of these conflicts was to exert more pressure. There is nothing harder than the sectarian rift that is happening in Tripoli, since each people's race for self-security is prevailing in the region."
Fatfat, who is currently a member of the Lebanese parliament, said he felt that there had to be "a party with an interest in propagating this dispute for political gains."
"This party is known... It is Hezbollah which has used violence on several occasions for political gains. Hezbollah has trained and armed the groups in the north to carry out such violence as needed by Hezbollah " he explained.