A member of the “Strong Lebanon” bloc, MP Charbel Maroun, confirmed that “the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, did not stand as a candidate in the presidential elections because the situation was not complicated, and he expressed it. the presidential priorities to build a dialogue with all the blocs, and we saw that we were going into the void”.
In an interview with “Spot Shot”, Maroun said: “We are in a country where corruption has become stronger than the state, and now it is true that there is no president of the republic, but we see responsibility as it happens in benefit because the issue of fighting corruption has become a public opinion”.
Regarding the file on the port explosion, he saw that “absenteeism has occurred and the compass has been taken so as to hide information, and this is very dangerous. Anyone who has been following the port issue must present the truth to the Lebanese people , and it is not allowed to arrest 14 people who used to work in the administration, and now the judge is chained and does not present this file.”
He added: “In 2013 the ship entered and in 2015 everyone was informed that the materials were explosive. explosion, the goods were abandoned”.
And he continued: «The members of the state of corruption are of all sects, and they don’t care about a homeland that is a “bag” or a “golden egg” for them.
And he considered that “the demarcation dossier is a great achievement. In the history of the presidents of the republics, less than this has been asked, and this has not happened. This demarcation has been seen by the Lebanese army in all its details. “
Regarding the mtv problem, Maroun said: “Whoever wants to create a problem doesn’t take his children and wife with him. No sensible person can do that. The old guard is a free patriotic movement. As for the image that circulated of me with armed men, this is an old photo during a celebration in Beirut with movement discipline and coordination with the security services”.
He explained, “The episode was one of the episodes where everyone had their point of view, and there were two audiences, and there were those who controlled our audience. That issue could have been addressed without issue. The security services must investigate this issue.”
Maroun asked, “What prevented the episode from being cut if there were one or two people who were harassing someone? Who gave orders for people to come in and resort to beating like this?”
And he added: “I saw Marcel Ghanem defending Elias Al-Zoghbi at the time of the breakup, and he went to the security and told them that Al-Zoghbi is my friend.”
He continued: “The situation was comfortable throughout the entire episode, and a minute before the end of the episode, it could be cut off and go on pause. There were two young men and two girls coordinating with the management of the ‘episode, and they could remove whoever caused a problem if they were there.”
And he added: “We know how we behaved during the episode. We have always asked if there was something supernatural to intervene, and the Free Movement is not a militia, but we have to defend ourselves if we have been attacked”.
Maroun pointed out that “there could be a third victim who does not want this positive atmosphere, nor this relationship to be successful and cause what happened.
