The following statement was issued by the ministers representing the Lebanese Forces in the government:
The ministers representing the Lebanese Forces announce that they will not participate in Thursday’s Cabinet session, which is dedicated exclusively to discussing the waste management file, in protest over the failure to include on the agenda an item referring the case involving explosives found in Dahr al-Baidar to the Judicial Council.
While stressing the importance of the waste management file and the need to address it, the ministers express surprise that an entire session has been devoted to it, while a highly serious and urgent security matter has been postponed, amid the deteriorating security situation in the country. The explosives case poses a direct threat to security, stability and civil peace.
The ministers consider that the justice minister has taken the first required step by submitting a proposal to refer the case to the Judicial Council. They therefore call on the president and the prime minister to place the draft decree on the Cabinet agenda at the earliest possible session and put it to a vote without delay.
Accordingly, their decision not to participate in the session is a rejection of the disregard for this priority and reflects their insistence that the government fully assume its responsibilities in this case, as well as in the electricity file, which is no less important than waste management and threatens to result in further cuts to electricity supply hours unless the necessary measures are taken to address it swiftly.
The ministers representing the Lebanese Forces announce that they will not participate in Thursday’s Cabinet session, which is dedicated exclusively to discussing the waste management file, in protest over the failure to include on the agenda an item referring the case involving explosives found in Dahr al-Baidar to the Judicial Council.
While stressing the importance of the waste management file and the need to address it, the ministers express surprise that an entire session has been devoted to it, while a highly serious and urgent security matter has been postponed, amid the deteriorating security situation in the country. The explosives case poses a direct threat to security, stability and civil peace.
The ministers consider that the justice minister has taken the first required step by submitting a proposal to refer the case to the Judicial Council. They therefore call on the president and the prime minister to place the draft decree on the Cabinet agenda at the earliest possible session and put it to a vote without delay.
Accordingly, their decision not to participate in the session is a rejection of the disregard for this priority and reflects their insistence that the government fully assume its responsibilities in this case, as well as in the electricity file, which is no less important than waste management and threatens to result in further cuts to electricity supply hours unless the necessary measures are taken to address it swiftly.
