Mustaqbal Says Some 'Infiltrated' Peaceful Demos to Send 'Message of Intimidation'

W460

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc charged Tuesday that some political parties tried to hijack Sunday's civil society protest to send a “message of intimidation” to al-Mustaqbal movement and its allies.

“Freedom of expression is a legitimate right for all Lebanese which is protected by the Constitution … but this right must be practiced while abiding by the laws,” said the bloc in a statement issued after its weekly meeting.

It acknowledged that “the peaceful demos that were called for by civil society activists and groups to demand a solution to the garbage crisis are in principle legitimate and justified, especially that the trash problem has aggravated due to the government's shortcomings in addressing this vital issue.”

But Mustaqbal warned that “this right to peaceful expression was quickly exploited” by “groups pushed by political and partisan agendas that resorted to violent methods to veer the democratic and peaceful expression off its course and drag the country into the 'well-known unknown.'”

It cautioned that the said political parties are seeking to “topple the political system and obstruct the work of government and parliament and undermine the last functioning constitutional institutions.”

Accordingly, the bloc described the alleged “exploitation” attempt as a “message of intimidation” from those who “were behind these violations.”

Throwing its “full support” behind the government and highlighting “the need that it continues to shoulder its responsibilities” amid the presidential vacuum, Mustaqbal noted that the “real solution for ending Lebanon's problems” would be “the speedy election of a president.”

Earlier on Tuesday, the cabinet ended an acrimonious meeting with no solution to the unprecedented trash crisis that has sparked violent protests and calls for the government's resignation.

The cabinet meeting came as people continued to gather in central Beirut for demonstrations that began over a trash crisis but evolved into an outlet for deep-seated frustrations over government impotence.

Some organizers of Sunday's demo at Beirut's Riad al-Solh Square had blamed “thugs sent by political parties” for the eruption of violence.

More than 100 protesters and policemen were injured in fierce clashes on Saturday and Sunday.

Y.R.

Comments 12
Default-user-icon Mazen_M (Guest) 25 August 2015, 21:20

“Freedom of expression is a legitimate right for all Lebanese which is protected by the Constitution … but this right must be practiced while abiding by the laws"

But you have to be willing to listen to the people and change, not just say that and keep doing the same terrible job you all are doing!!

Missing imagine_1979 25 August 2015, 22:02

I think u have not really watched the demos southern, cause for sure u were not there: hezbos got their dose, aounist to (ask bou sa3eb) and take a look at the banners next time...
So ur anti 14 march propaganda... It was live on lbc, live.....
Anyway down with both march8 and march 14 both corrupt one backing a sectarian milicia batteling in syria irak and mabe yemen under the banners of ya hussein and the other for letting them do so....

Missing humble 26 August 2015, 00:34

The "Moundassin" were shown Live on MTV...the journalist Joyce Akiki was showing a stone which fell near her and that a glass bottle (cocktail molotov?) was thrown on the police!!!
The ordinary people do not know how to fabricate a cocktail molotov.
Who wants to create more CHAOS???

Missing humble 26 August 2015, 00:37

Absolument prouvé par les journalistes

Thumb _mowaten_ 26 August 2015, 00:42

"les videos le prouvent" lol c'est marque sur leur tete? ou dans les sous-titres ajoutés par de la racaille sectaire comme toi?

Thumb _mowaten_ 26 August 2015, 00:44

"les videos le prouvent" lol c'est marque sur leur tete? ou dans les sous-titres ajoutés par de la racaille sectaire comme toi?

Thumb _mowaten_ 26 August 2015, 00:45

as for mustaqbal, if they claim they were intimidated by the chimps who infiltrated the protests (and that none other than themselves had an interest in sending), but how come they shamelessly attributed to themselves the bids at exorbitant prices? doesnt sound like something you do when you're intimidated, but rather when you think the people are dumb followers (and when we see the m14 fan club here, they actually are right)

Default-user-icon Mazen_M (Guest) 26 August 2015, 06:11

Why are my comments not being posted anymore? I'm not saying anything bad here. The first day, they were quickly posted, but now they always say that they are under review? Please let me know. Thanks.

Default-user-icon abdulaziz (Guest) 26 August 2015, 07:30

yeah yeah..they infiltrated, those shia aggressors ..indeed..they infiltrated Bahia and Strida's lil brown holes..yes indeed! ya 3aibi shoum 3alaihon hal zo3ran :)

Missing ysurais 26 August 2015, 09:48

It is funny when Mustaqbal bloc still meets...they are bankrupt in all sense...

Thumb -phoenix1 26 August 2015, 13:50

The same goes for M8 my friend Ysurais, now both M8 and M14 have become totally irrelevant and totally out of sync with the realities on the ground, the You Stink Campaign has made them totally obsolete. Look beyond these two sh*tty alliances if you want a future in Lebanon.

Thumb -phoenix1 26 August 2015, 13:48

The Lebanese Army must act now to keep the thugs away from the demos which clearly are peaceful. But the infiltration of thugs by Amal and the PSP of Jumblatt is a repetitive thing aimed at derailing the whole issue and discourage people from participating. The army needs to cordon off the area and have checkpoints at all the entry points to check on people coming to the demos. The army should have agents to move around the protesters to spot early on would be trouble makers. It doesn't even take a trained eye to detect trouble makers, they have evil in their faces and their looks are early indicators of whom they are. The protests will grow and snowball, the more people are hurt, the more momentum this revolt will pick up. The army must act now, or else it will belong to the losing side, Qhawaji has his job well cut out for him, either he shows up or history will soon write him off as another has-been.