Najjar Proposes Plan for Tripoli Peace

 

Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar proposed granting gunmen in the northern city of Tripoli a grace period to surrender their weapons to security forces.

 

Najjar, in an interview with the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat on Thursday, said that after the proposed deadline the "state should play its role in enforcing law and order."

 

The security chapter should coincide with efforts to launch development projects in Tripoli, he added.

 

Najjar said the proposal by March 14 MPs to amend the constitution to avert any possibility of naturalizing Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is tantamount to "a declaration of principles that cannot be withdrawn and reflects a rejection of the naturalization of Palestinians."

 

 

He confirmed that the electoral law will be approved on September 25.