Al-Mustaqbal Bloc Condemns Attacks on Civilians, Diplomats, Calls Assad 'Takfiri'
Al-Mustaqbal bloc on Tuesday condemned Hizbullah's "attacks against citizens and diplomats under the excuse of security measures,” urging the president and the premier-designate to overcome “illegal obstacles” and form a new cabinet.
"We strongly condemn the attacks of Hizbullah's militia on citizens and diplomats,” the bloc said in a released statement after the MPs' weekly meeting at the Center House.
The statement elaborated: “In addition to its fighting in Syria alongside the regimes' forces and subjecting Lebanon to all kinds of dangers, Hizbullah keeps dragging the country into clashes and puts it in a confrontation with neighboring Arab nations.”
Kuwait's ambassador to Lebanon revealed on Friday that a Kuwaiti diplomat was searched at an “unofficial checkpoint,” also calling on his country's nationals to leave Lebanon.
Also, Saudi Arabia had filed a complaint to the Foreign Ministry after one of its embassy vehicles in Lebanon was searched by Hizbullah members at a checkpoint near its stronghold of Dahieh in Beirut's southern suburbs last week.
Diplomats in the car were also searched before being allowed to return on their way.
These incidents come after Hizbullah had stepped up its security measures in and around Dahieh after a bombing in the area on August 15.
Al-Mustaqbal said that last month's twin blasts in the northern city of Tripoli “were orchestrated by Syrian intelligence bodies.”
"This contradicts with all claims that say Lebanon and its security have become under the mercy of the Takfiris,”
"(Syrian President Bashar) Assad's regime is the top Takfiri and terrorist that is targeting both Lebanon and Syria,” the statement stressed.
"Tripoli's crime is a continuation of the Samaha-Mamlouk scheme.”
The statement was pointing out to the case of former Information Minister Michel Samaha and Syrian security chief Maj. Gen. Ali Mamlouk.
Lebanese judicial authorities have charged Samaha and Mamlouk with forming a group to commit terrorist crimes in Lebanon.
The two were also charged with plotting to assassinate political and religious figures.
The al-Mustaqbal statement added: “We praise the efforts exerted by security bodies, especially by the International Security Forces Intelligence Bureau, to uncover the group that executed the bombings in Tripoli and the one behind the kidnapping of the Turkish pilots.”
In a separate matter, the conferees urged President Michel Suleiman and premier-designate Tammam Salam to “refer to their constitutional and legal powers to form a new cabinet.”
“We demand Suleiman and Salam to form a cabinet without being interrupted by unconstitutional conditions and suggestions that some factions are proposing,” the MPs said.
“Carrying on in this manner would lead to the destruction of the country and harms its economy.”
The bloc also called for resuming the national dialogue sessions.
On the Syrian war, the lawmakers accused Assad of being “fully responsible for the horrific massacres” in the neighboring country.
"We support the Syrian people's calls for political change,” they expressed.
“But we warn that Syria's turmoil could lead to the weakening of the Lebanese state and to threatening religious coexistence.”
"There must be real commitment to the policy of disassociation and we must abide by the Baabda Declaration. Safeguarding Lebanon implicates not involving the country in the Syrian armed conflict.”
The statement reiterated calls for withdrawing Hizbullah's fighters from Syria.
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