National News Agency
The Free Patriotic Movement’s political council held its periodic virtual meeting on Saturday, chaired by its Chief MP Gebran Bassil following which it issued a statement confirming that “the Movement is sensitive to the daily problems faced by the Lebanese in light of an unprecedented crisis and understands every popular anger, and assures that it will not leave any legislative means as it did on the subject of the ration card or any practical means, such as rationalizing support, to boost the people's steadfastness.”
“The Free Patriotic Movement calls on the Prime Minister-designate to return to Lebanon and assume his responsibilities by expediting the formation of a government capable of achieving reform and advancement,” the statement underlined.
Meanwhile, FPM expressed its fear of “the suspicious attempts to destabilize security by exploiting people's pain to provoke unrest, similar to what almost happened in Tripoli, which, like all other regions, has the right to receive electricity, water, medicine, food, and uncompromised security.”
It also warned of “any regional political plans to enter the North or any other area security-wise, and encourages all unconditional investment initiatives that are in the interest of Lebanon and its economy, similar to the readiness demonstrated by Russian companies.”
Over the Beirut Port blast, the Movement’s political council statement highlighted the right of the Lebanese to know the full truth about the explosion, after eleven months since its occurrence. “While respecting the independence of the investigation, the Movement believes that the main goal is to find out who introduced the aluminum nitrates, who used them, and how they exploded, in order to identify the perpetrator of the crime, bring him to trial and acquit those unjustly arrested,” the statement went on.
The Movement deemed that the port crime is not solely in the negligence of duty despite its importance, but, more significantly, in the criminal act that killed the innocent and destroyed a part of the capital and left in the souls and society wounds that are difficult to heal.
Referring to the great importance of the touristic summer season, FPM cautioned against any sabotage attempts and demanded “a quick remedy of the incomprehensible measures taken at Beirut Airport, as if they were intended to impede people’s arrival to their country.”
Touching on the recent initiative by the Pope towards Lebanon, the statement said:
“The Free Patriotic Movement pays respect to His Holiness the Supreme Pontiff and the Patriarchs who gathered to pray for the sake of Lebanon, affirming its existence that is linked to its role and its importance in carrying the message of dialogue and peace among peoples. The Movement, thus, calls on all the Lebanese to meet the Vatican in its endeavors and prayers to save and preserve our homeland, because salvation is primarily the responsibility of the Lebanese, both society and leaders.”
“The Free Patriotic Movement calls on the Prime Minister-designate to return to Lebanon and assume his responsibilities by expediting the formation of a government capable of achieving reform and advancement,” the statement underlined.
Meanwhile, FPM expressed its fear of “the suspicious attempts to destabilize security by exploiting people's pain to provoke unrest, similar to what almost happened in Tripoli, which, like all other regions, has the right to receive electricity, water, medicine, food, and uncompromised security.”
It also warned of “any regional political plans to enter the North or any other area security-wise, and encourages all unconditional investment initiatives that are in the interest of Lebanon and its economy, similar to the readiness demonstrated by Russian companies.”
Over the Beirut Port blast, the Movement’s political council statement highlighted the right of the Lebanese to know the full truth about the explosion, after eleven months since its occurrence. “While respecting the independence of the investigation, the Movement believes that the main goal is to find out who introduced the aluminum nitrates, who used them, and how they exploded, in order to identify the perpetrator of the crime, bring him to trial and acquit those unjustly arrested,” the statement went on.
The Movement deemed that the port crime is not solely in the negligence of duty despite its importance, but, more significantly, in the criminal act that killed the innocent and destroyed a part of the capital and left in the souls and society wounds that are difficult to heal.
Referring to the great importance of the touristic summer season, FPM cautioned against any sabotage attempts and demanded “a quick remedy of the incomprehensible measures taken at Beirut Airport, as if they were intended to impede people’s arrival to their country.”
Touching on the recent initiative by the Pope towards Lebanon, the statement said:
“The Free Patriotic Movement pays respect to His Holiness the Supreme Pontiff and the Patriarchs who gathered to pray for the sake of Lebanon, affirming its existence that is linked to its role and its importance in carrying the message of dialogue and peace among peoples. The Movement, thus, calls on all the Lebanese to meet the Vatican in its endeavors and prayers to save and preserve our homeland, because salvation is primarily the responsibility of the Lebanese, both society and leaders.”
