FPM says LF backing Aoun extension at request of 'foreign forces'

The Free Patriotic Movement has said that “there is no need for the Lebanese Forces to be tense or to justify why it is seeking the extension” of the term of Army chief General Joseph Aoun.

“It is enough that it has backpedaled on its stance on not attending any legislative session and it has submitted a draft law for extension and announced that it would attend a session containing dozens of unnecessary agenda items,” the FPM said in a post on the X platform.

“The public opinion has realized how much it is subordinate to foreign forces and how much it heeds their requests, be them a U.S. ambassador or a French envoy,” the FPM added.

“What’s important is that respecting national sovereignty and the independence of the decision are to it mere slogans and a viewpoint,” the FPM charged.