Mustaqbal Urges Mass Turnout on Mar 13: We’re Not Against Arms Pointed at Israel

The Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday called for a massive turnout on the “6th anniversary of the Independence Uprising,” which will be commemorated on Sunday.

In a statement issued after its weekly meeting in Qureitem under ex-PM Fouad Saniora, the bloc said that participation in the rally commemorating the March 14 anniversary is “the best democratic means to express opinion in the face of the coup and attempts at imposing hegemony and a one-sided authority.”

“The Mustaqbal Movement and the March 14 forces have not … called for an end to resistance against Israel, they have rather criticized the weapons that are directed against the domestic arena and the chests of the Lebanese – which are deployed in the streets and alleys of Beirut and Lebanon’s towns and villages,” the bloc said in its statement.

“Weapons directed against the Israeli enemy and operating under the Lebanese State’s authority are acceptable and required, while arms pointed at the chests of the Lebanese are totally rejected,” the bloc added.