Representative Ihab Matar said that the adoption of the general amnesty law constitutes a “national achievement” and a right for the oppressed, criticizing in turn the positions that attacked the law and taking a sharp aim at the “Free Patriotic Movement” and its experience in governance.
Matar wrote: “This is a miserable time when someone who ruined the Lebanese Republic with widespread, sectarian and racist strife, violated the constitution, handed over the Lebanese decision-making power to Iran, weakened the Lebanese army, and strengthened the illegal weapons, comes to us to criticize our approval of the general amnesty law… I have truly failed.”
He added: “What is certain is that there will be no pardon for a movement that disrupted the country for the sake of the chair, brought Lebanon into hell, and plunged the Lebanese into darkness and chaos. During his reign, Beirut witnessed the bombing of the port, and “he knew,” noting that the Lebanese “revolted against this era,” stressing that “accountability is not over yet.”
Matar continued: “Only people now know who carries the label of ‘unemployed sex’,” referring to the controversy sparked by leaflets that were distributed in a number of Lebanese regions against the backdrop of the general amnesty law.
He stressed that “the general amnesty law is a right for the oppressed, and we are proud of its approval because it is a national achievement for all of Lebanon, whoever wants it and whoever refuses.”
He concluded by stressing that “all attempts to create strife between the army and the Lebanese will not succeed, because it is a relationship based on respect for sacrifices and the state and on heroism that we respect and are proud of,” adding: “We bow before all the martyrs of our army, the protector of the homeland.”
