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MPs meet in plenary session focused on Hezbollah disarmament

MPs meet in plenary session focused on Hezbollah disarmament

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by Naharnet Newsdesk 15 July 2025, 14:25
Lebanese Forces MP George Adwan criticized Tuesday the government's lack of progress in restoring the state's authority and disarming Hezbollah as lawmakers convened in a plenary session focused on Hezbollah's disarmament.
"We don't want the government of hope to become a government of missed opportunities," Adwan said.
Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Jebran Bassil said he supports Hezbollah's disarmament but not by force, while Hezbollah MP Ibrahim al-Moussawi urged "those who claim to be friends of Lebanon" to provide the Lebanese army with defensive weapons "to protect the country against the enemy."
"We all know there is no political decision to support the (Lebanese)army and there is a veto against arming it," he said.
MP Jamil al-Sayyed criticized U.S. envoys Amos Hochstein, Morgan Ortagus, and Tom Barrack, who he said "threatened Lebanon with civil war". "It's as if we've become an experimental field for these envoys."
MP Fouad Makhzoumi called for Hezbollah's disarmament and proposed to discuss it in a cabinet session.
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