Ghosn Signs Decree Postponing Releasing Army Intelligence Chief from Duties
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Caretaker Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn signed on Wednesday a decision that postpones releasing Army Intelligence chief Brig. Gen. Edmond Fadel from his duties, the state-run National News Agency reported.
"Ghosn's decision was based on a suggestion by Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji,” LBCI television pointed out.
On Saturday, Internal Security Forces chief Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi handed over the ISF leadership to Brig. Gen. Roger Salem, seven days after Prime Minister Najib Miqati resigned over the rejection of the Hizbullah-led March 8 majority alliance to extend his tenure.
The handing over of the post “comes as part of the law,” Rifi said at the graduation ceremony of expert officers held at the ISF general-directorate in Ashrafiyeh, remarking that he was leaving with a "clear conscience”.
Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc had proposed a draft-law that allows both Rifi and Qahwaji to stay in their posts until they reach respectively the age of 62 and 63.
03 April 2013, 19:59
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filth of the highest order, but you see a common pattern with this ideology all the way to Iraq, they deny others then they do the same
03 April 2013, 21:35
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Lebanese must be very skilled at reading between the lines, like when they call the Christian hegemony "coexistence". This ISF leadership change which brought down the government seems to indicate that the entire political farce is a distraction from some kind of military dictatorship (itself a farce considering how weak the military is).
03 April 2013, 22:23
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People shouldn't retire before reaching 70, the state doesn't have enough money to pay these pensions and people are living longer too.
