Phalange: Hizbullah's Drone to Drag Lebanon into War, Serves Foreign Interests
The Phalange Party criticized on Monday Hizbullah's launching of an Iranian drone that crossed into Israeli airspace on October 6, calling on the Lebanese government to take a serious stand against this incident.
In a statement released after its political bureau's weekly meeting, the party considered that Hizbullah is jeopardizing the country's stability and overthrowing the state's sovereignty to serve foreign interests.
"This is an attempt to drag Lebanon into a state of war with Israel,” the statement said.
On October 6, the Israeli air force jets shot down the unarmed drone over southern Israel's Negev desert after it entered the country's airspace from the Mediterranean Sea. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pointed at Hizbullah and vowed to defend his country against further "threats." Hizbullah's Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged that the Iranian-made drone was launched by his party.
Regarding the escape of three prisoners from Roumieh prison, the Phalange considered this incident to be threatening the Lebanese state's authority, and it called for enhancing the situation of the prisoners, as well as reforming security and administrative bodies and procedures.
"We demand serious investigation and penalization of all those who participated in the escape, and those that prove to be responsible for guarding the block's security,” the Phalange expressed.
Three Fatah al-Islam inmates – a Palestinian, a Syrian and an Algerian – managed to escape from Roumieh prison around a month ago, media reports said on Friday. Several security officers in charge of the block where the escapees were held have been interrogated, reported An Nahar newspaper.
Roumieh, the oldest and largest of Lebanon's overcrowded prisons, has witnessed sporadic prison breaks in recent years and escalating riots over the past months as inmates living in poor conditions demand better treatment.
The party also praised the formation of a parliamentary unit to conduct discussions about electoral law, expressing that it would take this issue out of political debates. The Phalange urged the cabinet and the Foreign Minister to reach a resolution concerning Lebanese expatriates' participation in the upcoming elections.
Source: Naharnet
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