Hezbollah slams vandalization of president statue in Jezzine region

Hezbollah on Monday condemned the vandalization of a statue honoring President Joseph Aoun in the Jarmak-Aishiyeh area in the Jezzine region, calling it a “suspicious attack” and “seditious act.”

“This suspicious attack is a seditious act, especially in this delicate timing, as the country readies for a pivotal day represented in the Israeli withdrawal from the South,” Hezbollah said in a statement.

“This deplorable behavior strongly contradicts with the values and principles in which Hezbollah believes, which were embodied in the leader of the nation’s martyrs Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and is against his approach and convictions,” Hezbollah added.

Emphasizing its condemnation of “this act that seeks to harm the relation (of Hezbollah) with the president,” the party called for “thwarting any suspicious attempt that aims to shake domestic stability.”

According to footage circulated online, unknown assailants sprayed Hezbollah’s logo over Aoun’s face on the statue and also wrote ‘Martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’ in Arabic on it.

Aoun hails from the Jezzine district town of Aishiyeh.