Mustaqbal Bloc Calls on State to End Security Chaos

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary called on Thursday to end the security chaos across the country by the implementation of a comprehensive plan, in particular in the northern city of Tripoli and along the border with Syria.

“Tension in the towns of Arsal, Akkar and Tripoli shouldn’t be left for lawlessness,” MP Ziad al-Qadri said after the lawmakers' weekly meeting at the Center House.

The bloc pointed out that the residents of Tripoli should be allowed to enjoy security and development.

“Illegal arms (in Tripoli) should be removed and impunity should end,” al-Mustaqbal officials stressed.

The bloc also condemned the clashes that erupted in the Beirut neighborhood of Tariq al-Jadideh, considering that “outlaws and the resistance brigades are responsible for the incitement.”

One person was killed and at least ten were wounded on Saturday at dawn in clashes that erupted at dawn between Salafists and supporters of Arab Movement Party leader Shaker al-Berjawi near the Sports City center in Beirut.

Concerning the situation along the Lebanese-Syrian border, the bloc denounced disregards by the Foreign Ministry on the violations committed by the Syrian regime to the Lebanese sovereignty.

“The cabinet is demanded to prepare an advanced security plan to deploy the army along the eastern and northern border with Syria, in cooperation with the UNIFIL,” the officials noted.

President Michel Suleiman tasked on Monday Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil with documenting the cross-border attacks against Lebanese villages to take the necessary diplomatic measures.

Lebanon has been the scene of security incidents since the war in Syria erupted three years ago, in particular, in the northern city of Tripoli and along the Lebanese-Syrian border.

On the presidential elections, the bloc called on the rival political parties to facilitate the matter “that will move Lebanon to a new stage.”

“We are waiting for a new president and cabinet that would adopt the dissociation policy and safeguard the country from the Syrian repercussions.”

The bloc reiterated calls on Hizbullah to withdraw its fighters from the neighboring country Syria to “save the lives of the Lebanese youth.”

Hizbullah argues that its military intervention in Syria is necessary to fend off the threat of Qaida-linked groups seeking to infiltrate Lebanon and to prevent the fall of Syria in the hands of “Israel and the U.S.”

The party's rivals in Lebanon have strongly rejected the presence of its fighters in Syria, saying that contradicts with the Baabda Declaration, which Hizbullah had endorsed and which calls for neutralizing Lebanon from regional conflicts.