The representative of the “Strong Republic” bloc, Ghassan Hasbani, said that the Kahala incident revealed the extent of the ease of movement of weapons on Lebanese territory and outside the administration of the state and the control of the Lebanese army and security forces, which may result in events that may rapidly exacerbate and cause an imbalance in security stability. Therefore, this Weapons pose a danger in and of themselves to society, regardless of the point of use.
In a statement to Al-Anbaa, Hasbani referred to what happened in Al-Kahala, in terms of a truck carrying weapons overturning and armed men protecting it. The people of the region rushed to find out what was inside it and insisted on that after they found something suspicious, especially since the effects of the Beirut port explosion are still fresh in people’s minds and cannot be Blame them for their curiosity to know what’s inside the truck, and shots were fired by Hezbollah militants, which caused a reaction by the people of the area, who responded by shooting at the shooters at their families.
In response to a question about the criticism of the army by some opposition MPs, Hasbani asked how a truck loaded with weapons could pass and reach Kahaleh before the Lebanese army was forced to stand between the people and armed men from Hezbollah protecting the truck, and why it had to enter into this situation, and the question Also, how did this truck reach the Damascus-Beirut highway and cut all the security barriers on an international road? And how a statement issued by the army includes the publication of pictures of light weapons that were seized in the Al-Sharawneh neighborhood in the Bekaa by this or that gang, and we do not know what is contained in the truck that fell at the elbow of Al-Kahala, so what is required is equal security control. Hasbani stressed that the control of weapons must be in the hands of the Lebanese army and the sole owner of the decision and transfer of weapons, and what is required to strengthen its role in the implementation of international resolutions and the constitution and the regularity of the work of institutions, because what we are witnessing in terms of defect is the result of a deviation that began small in 1990 and with the passage of time has become large in terms of non-implementation of Taif And the National Accord Document, which stipulated the disarmament of all militias and placing them in the hands of the state within 6 months, and it is the only article in the document that was associated with a period of time and was considered a necessary step to implement the other steps.
Concerning the fear of taking Lebanon towards civil war or partition, Hasbani indicated that if Hezbollah’s weapons remain, then it is the one that will divide Lebanon, and no one wants division except the party’s weapons. The end of the civil war, and that the Taef Agreement ended the military conflict and did not remove the problem due to the non-application of its provisions from the nineties to the present day. At any moment, a security defect may occur, as happened in Al-Kahala, and things turn into a worse direction.
Hasbani stressed in response to a question that what is required is political awareness on the part of the party that has the “fuse and lighter” to prevent slipping into what is more dangerous, and to join the Lebanese agenda, democratic work and the implementation of the constitution, because the armed presence outside the state has become widespread on Lebanese soil and may cause problems. It may happen at any moment, so is the Lebanese required to hand over their fate to the one who sends weapons to Lebanon and controls the push of a button that launches these weapons according to the agenda he wants? This contradicts the sovereignty of the state. Regarding the repercussions of the Kahala incident on the presidential file and the prospective dialogue, Hasbani asked, “Dialogue with whom, with whomever wants to impose a fait accompli and impose a specific candidate,” stressing that the Lebanese forces reject the dialogue table, but do not mind re-presenting the president’s specifications to the French envoy, Jean-Yves Le Drian. To find out what are the common denominators between the candidates and there is a guarantee to go to the House of Representatives to elect a president with open sessions within the required specifications, but to sit at a table for dialogue or consultations and under whatever name it is, and we all know that there are no common denominators between us and the other party regarding the characteristics of the president, so I do not think that Helpful after the recent security tensions.
2023-08-14 03:20:19
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