Army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji called on the military on Wednesday to be keen on the lives of the Lebanese by carrying out its mission responsibly following unrest in various parts of the country.
Army chief Gen. Jean Qahwaji called on the military on Wednesday to be keen on the lives of the Lebanese by carrying out its mission responsibly following unrest in various parts of the country.
The latest incidents in the North “proved once again that everyone relies on your role to prevent sedition and impose stability,” Qahwaji said in the Order of the Day on the occasion of Resistance and Liberation Day, which falls on May 25.
“Be keen on the lives of your fellow compatriots by carrying out your mission with precision and responsibility,” he told soldiers.
“The defense and security missions are complementary in the preservation of the nation’s sovereignty and the country’s highest interest,” the general added.
Qahwaji rejected in his Order of the Day attempts “to tamper with the security, the livelihood and the dignity” of the Lebanese.
He also slammed any effort to take advantage of Lebanon’s democracy and the regional situation to “destroy the state’s foundations and create cracks in the unity of the nation.”
Lebanon has been engulfed in turmoil since May 12 when Shadi al-Mawlawi was arrested in the northern city of Tripoli on charges of contacting a terrorist organization. He was released on bail Tuesday.
Moreover, violence has been sparked Sunday when al-Mustaqbal militants stormed the office of Arab Movement party in Beirut’s Tariq al-Jedideh neighborhood, firing rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns, after a Lebanese soldier shot Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Wahed and his companion at al-Kweikhat checkpoint in the northern Akkar region, for they refused to stop at a military checkpoint.
Order of the Day is the general directive of the Lebanese Army Commander issued on the national occasions celebrated in Lebanon.
Resistance and Liberation Day, celebrated on May 25, marks the withdrawal of the Zionist occupation army from parts of southern Lebanon in 2000.
