Hariri: Army and Security Forces Would Protect Thursday”s Rally

Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri said the army and security forces would protect participants in Thursday”s Mass Rally marking the third anniversary of his father”s assassination.

 

He urged sympathizers to take part in the rally, that is meant to be a “peaceful and non-provocative event.”

 

“There would be no security risk because the army and internal security forces would protect the people in all areas,” Hariri told supporters at his Beirut residence.

 

“Threats made against us by the opposition are meaningless,” Hariri stressed.

 

“They would not scare us off. We are not after problems … some opposition factions are after problems, they have been after internal feud since withdrawal of the Syrian Army from Lebanon” in April 1005, Hariri added.

 

“We have to put an end to their agitation,” Hariri added.

 

He accused the Hizbullah-led opposition of trying to “thwart initiatives, one after the other, to prolong the presidential void. The Arab and International communities are aware of what they are doing.”