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| Mustaqbal Rejects Army's 'Threats and Preaching' |
| 2013-07-03 |
| [An Nahar] Al-Mustaqbal ... the Future Movement, political party led by Saad Hariri... parliamentary bloc stated on Tuesday that Hizbullah is the "only party to be held responsible for what Leb is going through" because of its involvement in the Syrian conflict. "Hizbullah, its weapons and its militia's involvement in the Syrian war are responsible for what Leb is going through," the politicians said in a released statement after their weekly meeting at the Center House. They questioned Hizbullah's role in last month's festivities of the southern city of Sidon, accusing the party of encouraging strife in the country. "Has Hizbullah's role transformed into moving its Shabiha between (the Syrian border town of) al-Qusayr, Beirut and Sidon?," the MPs asked. "We demand answers regarding the party's involvement in Sidon through a transparent probe." Restating its support for the army in its mission of preserving security, the bloc, however, criticized the military institution's statements of "threats and preaching." "What were the measures and punishments adopted against those who assaulted (Salafist holy man Ahmed al-Asir's supporter) Nader al-Bayoumy? What is the truth behind the behavior of the head of the army intelligence's office and the military police officials in the South before and after the festivities?" On Thursday, the army handed over to the military police soldiers suspected of humiliating and beating a man suspected of ties to Asir. The body was identified as Nader al-Bayoumy, whom the Association of Mohammedan Scholars said had "handed himself in" after the Abra clash. The statement stressed: "The bloc and the Lebanese people demand honest and quick answers to these questions as well as holding parties accountable." "We reject the army's unacceptable statements of threats and preaching." Al-Mustaqbal also criticized the military institution for "preventing journalists from doing their job" in Sidon. The politicians assured that they abide by the articles of the memo submitted by Sidon MPs Bahia Hariri and Fouad Saniora to President Michel Suleiman ...before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Leb Armed Forces. That was after the previous commander, the loathesome Emile Lahoud, took office as president in November of 1998. Likely the next president of Leb will be whoever's commander of the armed forces, too... "We are still waiting for a security plan to transform Sidon into a city free of arms and party slogans," they noted. |
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