The Presidency Press Office issued the following statement:

“Within the framework of the series of lies, fabricated news and stories that Al-Sharq newspaper continues to publish daily on its pages. Today Al Sharq has inserted a new lie on its front page that President Michel Aoun is “Building a palace in the Rabieh area on a disputed land, amid great secrecy, and under tight security cordons”.

The Press Office, in order to refute this new lie, clarifies that the construction of a private house for the President of the Republic began in 2014 and ended in the middle of 2016, that is, before the election of General Michel Aoun as president, and he has not moved to the house yet.  

Therefore, there is no need for "discretion" because the construction is above the ground and not under it!

As for the claim that the land on which the house was built is “disputed,” it is false, because the land was purchased in accordance with the rules, while the security measures taken are normal to guard the house of a President of the Republic.

The Press Office, places these facts at the disposal of public opinion, and points out that Al-Sharqnewspaper has become specialized in publishing false news, articles and photomontages, with the aim of offending the position of the presidency and the person of the president.  

If the presidency has refrained until today from taking legal measures that put an end to the persistence of this newspaper in misleading public opinion, it draws attention to the necessity of attention and not taking into account what it publishes of deceptions for goals that no longer deceive anyone”.