Bassil slams 'provocative' and 'sectarian' motorbike rallies
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Monday slammed what he called the “provocative” and “sectarian” behavior of the Hezbollah supporters who staged overnight motorbike rallies in Gemmayze, Ain el-Rummaneh, Dora, Bourj Hammoud, Saqiyet al-Janzir and Maghdoushe, warning that “extremism fuels counter-extremism.”
“The people of the south wrote a heroic epic and the sectarian provocation that happened at night torpedoed the daytime unity scene, as if it is required to deepen the rift,” Bassil lamented in a post on the X platform.
“The provocative behavior of groups that roam (the streets) and chant sectarian slogans serves the advocates of the partitioning project the most,” Bassil warned.
“The conclusion is that extremism brings counter-extremism and the result is that Lebanon would be the loser,” the FPM chief cautioned.
The army announced Monday that it arrested many of those who took part in the rallies, saying the demos involved "gunfire and provocations that jeopardized civil peace."
Adding that it is pursuing the rest of the culprits, the army called on citizens to "show responsibility and act wisely in order to preserve national unity and coexistence."
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Would Bassil for once do the right thing? Nawaf Salam should resign as no more Vichy government needed. Sovereign MPs should elect Ashraf Rifi, best to implement UN1701. Salam should be appointed to higher court to bring justice to Port victims as well as M14 victims from Hariri to Tueni, Shateh, Jemayel, Slim, and dozens others. Not to forget to bring to justice all corrupt political mafia, those operating illegal crossings, and those involved in money laundering and Captagon trade. Also Salam should insure all Lebanese who committed crimes and massacres in Syria are handed over. Finally, all Lebanese victims with dual citizenships of the criminal Hizbollah militia should sue Iran in a class action lawsuit to be compensated by the $100 billion frozen funds as other victims did.
