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Electoral Security Plan Soon
Interior Minister Ziad Baroud stressed all parties in Lebanon want the parliamentary elections to be held and promised to unveil a plan to keep security during the polls.
"Everyone wants the elections to be held on time. No one wants to get rid of the elections. That”s why we say the best guarantee for the elections until now is the government in which everyone is represented," Baroud told As Safir daily in remarks published Wednesday.
The government "has become a security political and electoral guarantee," he stressed.
He said the government would have failed in all its missions if it succeeded in everything and failed in the elections.
"I am optimistic and all preparations point to success," he told As Safir.
He revealed that the ministries of defense and interior will unveil a security-military plan for the elections.
He stressed that both ministries are able to deploy around 30,000 security forces and soldiers in Lebanon to keep security during the elections.
Baroud also reassured the Lebanese that security forces are taking extra measures during the holiday season.