LF, FPM Move to Drop Lawsuits Filed against Each Other
The Lebanese Forces and the Free Patriotic Movement announced Wednesday that they have decided to drop lawsuits filed against journalists and media outlets affiliated with the two political groups.
“The legal department has started efforts to drop all lawsuits filed against the FPM's journalists and media outlets over libel and slander against the LF and its chief,” the LF's media department announced in a statement.
The FPM's media committee for its part issued a communique announcing that “the FPM's lawyers and legal studies committee has moved to drop libel and slander lawsuits filed against LF-affiliated media outlets and journalists.”
The development comes ahead of expected dialogue that the two parties said will be held soon between LF leader Samir Geagea and FPM chief MP Michel Aoun.
The LF's statement, however, linked the decision to “the occasion of the Christmas and New Year holidays,” attributing the move to a personal decision by party leader Geagea.
The FPM meanwhile said the step is aimed at “propping up accord efforts, at the directions of General Michel Aoun.”
MP Ibrahim Kanaan of the FPM and the LF's media officer Melhem Riachi have recently held several meetings aimed at preparing for the Aoun-Geagea talks.
Y.R.
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