Loyalty to Resistance Demands 'Short' Ministerial Statement Tackling Security, Resistance

The Loyalty to Resistance bloc hoped on Thursday that the ministerial statement would be “short” and that it would tackle national “priorities” like security and resistance matters.

“We are following up with concern on the meetings of the ministerial committee tasked with drafting a policy statement,” MP Mohammed Fadlallah said after the MPs' weekly meeting.

“And we hope a consensus is reached over a proposal that is short and that tackles priorities like security matters, politics, the resistance and daily life issues,” the bloc's statement added.

The statement expressed that the new cabinet was produced after a settlement, adding that Hizbullah has offered concessions to ease the formation of the council of ministers.

“This is a political consensus cabinet that aims at transitioning the country towards stability and we have contributed to the government's formation and did not stop at ministerial portfolios because we preferred to put the country's interest first.”

The bloc continued: “Our priority is to resist to terrorism and elect a new president who launches an active initiative to achieve a total national consensus, agree on a just electoral law, and adopt an acceptable defense strategy.”

“We call for taking advantage of the prevailing positive atmosphere and to stop giving reasons for perpetrators.”

The lawmakers condemned Wednesday's deadly double blast in the Beirut neighborhood of Bir Hassan, a Hizbullah stronghold, calling for a “large official campaign to renounce this phenomenon.”