Charbel Demands Geagea to Halt Escalating Lassa Dispute
Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said on Friday his meeting with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea was to stress the importance of calming down the situation in the town of Lassa in the Jbeil district.
Charbel told As Safir newspaper that he has asked Geagea to stop interfering in the issue of construction on church property in the predominately Shiite town after the state took charge of it.
He warned of transforming the Lassa dispute into a political issue.
The Minister noted that he had requested to meet Hizbullah Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat.
Charbel remarked that he will exert efforts to convince Jumblat into accepting the proportional representation electoral law.
Asked about the current situation at Roumieh prison, he expected that the breakouts will not re-occur after enhancing security presence there.
Five Islamist militants from Fatah al-Islam had escaped in August. The army said it later arrested one of them.
Charbel urged officials to take the necessary measures to improve the inmates’ situation, try the detainees that haven’t been sentenced yet, and rehabilitate the prison.
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