Tarshish Violation to Land on Information Committee Agenda as Residents Warn to Hold Sit-in
MPs will seek to put the issue of Hizbullah’s attempt to expand its telecommunications network in Tarshish near the eastern town of Zahle on the agenda of the information committee on Wednesday as the town’s residents have warned they would resort to a sit-in if the authorities do not take any action.
An Nahar daily said Sunday that the lawmakers would try to discuss the controversial issue at the parliamentary information committee meeting that is set to study the media law.
Hizbullah official Hussein Janbey has stressed that the expansion of the network was only aimed at guaranteeing a “safe contact with our families and friends in nearby Majdel Tarshish” town, Tarshish Municipal chief Gaby Semaan told An Nahar and al-Mustaqbal newspapers.
Majdel Tarshish is a mixed Christian-Shiite town.
Semaan stressed, however, that Tarshish residents and party representatives have decided to reject “at any cost” Hizbullah’s operations.
He warned they would resort to holding a sit-in “for the use of force against them” after Janbey allegedly told them “no matter what you do, we will expand the network as we have done in other Lebanese regions.”
Semaan thanked Phalange party chief Amin Gemayel and his son MP Sami for supporting Tarshish residents. The Phalange officials have slammed the government for standing idle towards Hizbullah’s telecom network that is intertwined with the network of state institutions.
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