FPM: Era of foreign tutelage is over, deluded are those who attempt to replace it with internal hegemony 23 Jan 2021 Lebanon - The Free Patriotic Movement's political council held an extraordinary virtual meeting today, chaired by its Chief, MP Gebran Bassil, during which talks centered on the first blueprint for an internal workshop by the Movement, in preparation for its national conference upcoming March 14th. In its issued statement following the meeting, the council called on the concerned security apparatuses to be very strict in implementing the adopted measures to curb the Corona pandemic outbreak, while calling on the caretaker government to provide support to the underprivileged families who are suffering due to the government-decreed lockdown. On the other hand, the council cautioned the Lebanese against the dire health situation, highlighting the need for all citizens to abide by the firm precautionary measures to protect themselves and their families. At the government level, the council urged Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to be well-aware of the negative repercussions of the stalled cabinet formation process. The council affirmed that forming the long-awaited government "requires the highest levels of support and national solidarity more than ever before, which entails that everyone adheres to the rules of the Charter and the Constitution, stopping all attempts to seize the political rights of any Lebanese component." "The era of tutelage is far gone, and deluded are those who attempt to replace it with internal hegemony," the statement underlined. The council denounced the decline in the standards of political speech in the country, adding that "stopping the moral, financial and economic collapse necessitates that the judiciary bravely investigates all corruption files and prosecutes all those involved," while urging the judiciary to work on restoring the stolen funds. "The rights of the Lebanese are sacred, be it their bank deposits or their property, and there is absolutely no justification for those who steal their life-time earnings on the inside, nor for those who try from the outside to steal their oil and water resources," the council's statement underscored. |