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Phalange Calls for Confronting Plan Threatening Lebanon’s Security as Soon as Possible

The Phalange party condemned on Monday the “criminal attack” that targeted a Zahle church on Sunday, noting that it is most likely linked to other attacks that had taken place against churches in the Jbeil and Metn areas and the South.

It said in a statement after the weekly meeting for its politburo: “These attacks threaten Lebanon’s security and such a plan should be confronted as soon as possible as it may threaten the country’s national unity.”

Furthermore, it condemned last week’s kidnapping of seven Estonian tourists, questioning the internal security forces’ failure to issue a statement on the matter.

Turning to the government formation process, the statement criticized the delay, especially “since the March 14 camp’s boycott of Cabinet should speed up its formation, unless personal interests are taking precedence over all other matters.”

Addressing regional developments, the politburo questioned some statements on these issues, especially the Bahrain protests, by some Lebanese political figures “that have only set fuel to the fire” and therefore placed the Lebanese, “who have long been the symbols of openness”, in a confrontation with countries that have harbored them.


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