Lebanon Port Explosion Victims Demand Equal Rights Law: The Lebanon Debate

At the same time as the calling of the legislative session to extend the municipal elections, some families of the martyrs, the wounded, and those affected by the Beirut Port explosion gathered to request the signing of the on a law that equates those injured in the explosion with those injured. in the army during the session, under the threat of storming the council, whatever the cost.

However, by suspending the session of the House of Representatives without dealing with this issue, the people, according to the information of “Lebanon Debate”, encouraged to close the road in front of the City Council to prevent on the representatives from leaving and to fulfill what they promised not to leave. the session before this law was approved, so the representatives were forced to take another route.

At the same time, the Chairman of the Establishment Committee of the Assembly of the Families of Martyrs, Wounded, and Victims of the Port of Beirut explosion, Ibrahim Hoteit, confirmed that “what they did today in front of the House of Representatives was to send a statement again, not a new one , a message to the delegates.”

In an interview with “Lebanese Debate,” Hoteit explained, “The people had submitted a law to the House of Representatives, to equate the wounded and martyrs of the explosion with the wounded and martyrs of the army, and it was we can then, after that. the pressure we put on him, to implement a law that equates our martyrs with the martyrs of the army, while the wounded were transferred to Social Security and the Ministry of Social Affairs.

He said, “After some time after the move, we found that the guarantee had not fulfilled its role in this context, and after much back and forth, it became clear, despite the law being published in the Official Gazette, the pledge did not adhere to the law and did not implement it.”

He said that “after a discussion with the Board of Directors of the Insurance, he assured them that the decision could not be implemented, because the law did not specify who was injured, and which party would be ‘ contributions were paid to the insurance, so those injured in the explosion were treated at their own expense.”

Hoteit said, “The people proposed a law to revise the old law, because the suffering of those wounded in the explosion is daily, and they must be equal to those wounded in the army , however, the representatives assured us that they There is no need to propose a law, but to change the law, and this case is positive, so that all parliamentary blocs promise to work .

In conclusion, Hoteit threatened anyone who let them down, saying: “I will expose you.”