Caretaker Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Judge Bassam Mawlawi, issued the following statement on Friday:
"The Minister of Interior confirms that he is not involved at all with anything that was mentioned about a new naturalization decree, and the ministry has not taken any action regarding any draft decree of this sort and refuses to proceed with such a project.
Minister Mawlawi has sent a letter to "Liberation" newspaper protesting against the content of the article, which mentions the involvement of the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, asking for an apology and a news correction.
Minister Mawlawi has also sent a letter to the French ambassador in Beirut to take note of this.”
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