Bisat: Cabinet decision on state monopoly over arms marks critical turning point
8/7/2025 11:53:00 AM
Minister of Economy Amer Bisat described the Lebanese Cabinet’s recent decision reaffirming the state’s exclusive right to bear arms as a pivotal moment in Lebanon’s path toward recovery.
In a statement posted on X platform, Bisat emphasized that for over a decade, the Lebanese economy has been held hostage by the erosion of state authority and the fragmentation of decision-making.
This prolonged power vacuum, he said, has had far-reaching consequences: a weakened and faltering productive sector paralyzed by chronic instability and the absence of rule-of-law governance; an almost complete collapse in private investment and foreign direct investment due to persistent uncertainty and competing centers of power; and an alarming exodus of talent and skilled professionals in search of security, dignity, and better opportunities abroad.
Bisat further noted that Lebanon has been unable to attract meaningful international financing for reconstruction, largely because global partners remain hesitant to invest in a state that lacks full sovereign control. This has placed further strain on an already fragile and overburdened public finance system, leaving successive governments increasingly incapable of providing basic services or sustaining essential public spending.
Bisat concluded by affirming that true economic reform and sustainable recovery can only begin through the restoration of sovereign legitimacy and the unambiguous consolidation of all arms and authority under the Lebanese state.
In a statement posted on X platform, Bisat emphasized that for over a decade, the Lebanese economy has been held hostage by the erosion of state authority and the fragmentation of decision-making.
This prolonged power vacuum, he said, has had far-reaching consequences: a weakened and faltering productive sector paralyzed by chronic instability and the absence of rule-of-law governance; an almost complete collapse in private investment and foreign direct investment due to persistent uncertainty and competing centers of power; and an alarming exodus of talent and skilled professionals in search of security, dignity, and better opportunities abroad.
Bisat further noted that Lebanon has been unable to attract meaningful international financing for reconstruction, largely because global partners remain hesitant to invest in a state that lacks full sovereign control. This has placed further strain on an already fragile and overburdened public finance system, leaving successive governments increasingly incapable of providing basic services or sustaining essential public spending.
Bisat concluded by affirming that true economic reform and sustainable recovery can only begin through the restoration of sovereign legitimacy and the unambiguous consolidation of all arms and authority under the Lebanese state.