North’s Lebanon First MPs: Accusing ISF of Tripoli Unrest Beginning of Spiteful Action against them
The North’s Lebanon First MPs lamented on Saturday that the residents of the deprived areas in Lebanon would have to pay the price of petty disputes in Lebanon, reported the National News Agency.
They said after holding a meeting at MP Samir al-Jisr’s residence: “We are even more saddened by Prime Minister Najib Miqati’s indirect accusation against the opposition of being responsible for the unrest when he said that the opposition must be ‘constructive and peaceful’.”
“If it was a slip of the tongue, then we urge him to correct his statements,” said a statement read by Jisr.
Furthermore, he noted that the security forces were also accused of sparking Friday’s dispute, voicing a concern that it may be the beginning of an “agenda to isolate the security forces and pave the way for taking vengeful and spiteful actions against them.”
“We, as an opposition and MPs from the Mustaqbal bloc, oppose all violence because we believe that violence cannot achieve any goal and resorting to arms will always take place at the expense of the country’s stability, security, and sovereignty,” he added.
“As part of the March 14 camp and Mustaqbal movement, we had demanded that Beirut be stripped of all arms and we now request that Tripoli and all nearby areas also be devoid of weapons as a precursor to removing all illegitimate arms in the country,” he said
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