March 14 Calls for New Cabinet to Stop Spread of 'Chaos' after Army Attacks
The March 14 general-secretariat said Wednesday that the assailants attacking the Lebanese army are considering the military a target to spread chaos in the country, appealing for the formation of a new cabinet to confront saboteurs.
The general-secretariat said in a statement following its weekly meeting that the most dangerous aspect of the latest assaults on the army was the criminals' attempts to “spread chaos and idleness” in Lebanon.
“The Lebanese and the international community agree on the protection of the institution for considering it an entity of hope for the sovereignty of the state and the spread of stability,” it said.
The conferees condemned the “malicious attempts” to create insecurity, saying they were “eager to protect the army and the state.”
On Tuesday, two soldiers were lightly injured when six rockets fired from the Syrian side of the border landed in the northeastern town of Hermel, one of them inside an army barracks.
There were also near-simultaneous attacks on the army in the southern city of Sidon on Sunday night, leaving Army Sergeant Samer Rizk dead and three soldiers injured.
The assailants of one of the attacks were identified but two suspects have escaped.
The March 14 general-secretariat urged President Michel Suleiman and Premier-designate Tammam Salam to make a “courageous and patriotic” move by forming a government capable of running the country's affairs.
Such a cabinet would prevent the “supporters of chaos” from going ahead with their plans, the statement added.
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