Miqati Says Decision Taken Not to Politically Protect Tripoli Security Violators
Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Sunday that a decision was taken not to provide political cover for any security violator in the northern city of Tripoli, the scene of deadly clashes since Saturday.
Miqati said the decision was taken following consultations with all the political, religious, security and social figures in Tripoli.
“Important measures will be taken in the upcoming hours,” Miqati told reporters after the meeting at his Tripoli residence.
The country’s Higher Defense Council was scheduled to meet later on Sunday in Baabda to discuss the explosive situation in the northern city.
Miqati said he will hold talks with Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi “because there are several points related to the judiciary” concerning the crisis in Tripoli.
He noted that he will ask the minister “about the progress of the investigations and on whether there are real charges,” referring to the city’s Islamists who have been observing a sit-in since more than a week to protest the detention of their relatives and comrades without trial.
Asked about the arrest of Salafist activist Shadi al-Mawlawi, whose capture on Saturday by General Security agents had sparked the unrest, Miqati said: “We discussed the manner in which the arrest took place and it is rejected and condemned.”
“All the MPs, ministers and figures are against the method of arrest,” the PM said, stressing that “the judiciary and the investigation will have the final say.”
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