Aoun: Wissam al-Hasan’s Position at Head of Intelligence Bureau Violates ISF Law
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stated on Tuesday that Wissam al-Hasan’s position at the head of the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau is a violation of the ISF laws seeing as there is no such thing as the Intelligence Bureau.
He said after the Change and Reform bloc’s weekly meeting: “It is a branch that does not exist on the legal level and its violations were covered up by the then prime minister.”
The MP made his statements in response to Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat’s remarks on the issue on Monday.
When asked about the Intelligence Bureau, Aoun responded that Hasan’s actions will be revealed when the false witnesses file in the investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is addressed.
On Speaker Nabih Berri’s proposal that the position of Army Commander be granted to a Shiite, Aoun said: “I am required to return the position of General Security chief to the Maronite sect.”
He denied allegations that he was disputed with the speaker on the matter, saying that no one approached him with this issue.
“Disputes will not erupt among the new majority,” he stressed.
Addressing the March 14 camp’s statements that it will topple the cabinet, Aoun replied: “Regaining something is harder than defending it.”
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