Mustaqbal for “Total” Cooperation With Army, No Security Committees

Saad Hariri”s Mustaqbal Movement on Monday urged “total cooperation” with Army and police units in safeguarding the nation”s security and stability.

 

The movement, in a statement, stressed: “The state, through its legal institutions and administrations, is the sole authority entrusted with the people”s security and safety of their property.”

 

It praised a statement issued by the army command, which had held political leaders responsible for defusing the ongoing tension, but noted that such a stand holds the “legal security forces responsible for confronting riots and protecting citizens, which would enjoy our full support.”

 

The statement noted that a meeting sponsored Sunday by the army command “was strictly meant to contain repercussions of recent events in Beirut … and did not reflect any intension to re-activate the joint security committees that persisted during the” 1975-1990 civil war.

 

The meeting grouped representatives of the Mustaqbal Movement, Hizbullah and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri”s AMAL.