Outgoing Ibrahim rejects 'illegal' extension solution, eyes FM post
Outgoing General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim on Wednesday announced that he would not have accepted any “illegal exit” for extending his term, which expires on Wednesday.
“I did not ask for extension,” Ibrahim added, in a chat with reporters following a farewell ceremony at the General Security headquarters.
Noting that he will continue in public life, Ibrahim said that he aspires to become foreign minister if offered a ministerial post.
Asked whether he is eying the parliament speaker post, Ibrahim said: “May God prolong Speaker (Nabih) Berri’s life.”
Separately, Ibrahim said that he is “optimistic” regarding the presidential file.
In a speech at the farewell ceremony, Ibrahim said that his successor, acting General Security chief Brig. Gen. Elias Bayssari, is the best person who can “preserve” the General Directorate of General Security.
Speaking earlier at a ceremony to lay the cornerstone for the Karantina General Security department, Ibrahim said: “What we did and what we’re doing is a very small part of what we should offer to our people, who deserve institutions and administrations that befit their history and sacrifices.”
“They also deserve statesmen who work for the country and its sons instead of wasting time on rivalries that have plunged the country and its citizens into the lowest pit of poverty and deprivation,” Ibrahim added.
Ibrahim also said he “bows” in front of “the souls of the martyrs who fell in the Beirut port explosion and all the wounded.” Ibrahim is one of several official charged by Judge Tarek Bitar in the blast case.
Source: Naharnet
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