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We should therefore let the judiciary decide on this issue without interference.
Q: What about the demand made by Riyad Abu-Ghayda, the first military prosecution judge in Lebanon, for the death sentence against former Lebanese minister Michel Samahah and Ali Mamluk, the Syrian security official, who are accused of transporting explosives from Syria to Lebanon?
The judiciary has notified the Syrian side.
However what happens next is an instability due to the scenario 2 – الامن بالتراضي – that will eventually lead to a total loss of control.
In a nutshell, by bringing neutral generals to power, you think you are doing good, but the scenario 2 – and its consequence, consensual security – will begin, and in order to solve it, you bring more neutral generals to power making things even worse.
As you can see, Scenario 3 is missing, not because it’s too good to be true, but because officers in Lebanon made it to top posts due to the scenarios 1 and 2. There are many smuggling methods; drug smuggling has become a trade almost identical to arms trafficking. The army receives orders to stop the fighting between A and B.
There are three possible scenarios:
1) If the officer slightly sides with A, he might get a favor from A. If he sides with B, he might get favors from B.
2) If he stands in the middle, stops the fighting, without actually hunting the armed men down, he gets praised by A and B.
3) If he stands in the middle, stops the fighting and hunts every armed man down, he gets vetoed by A and B.
When Fouad Chehab refused to follow Camille Chamoun’s orders to fight the revolution in 1958, it was scenario 2.
This cannot be achieved by suspending the membership of the Syrian regime in the Arab League; and the American government recently called for the same thing.
In 2011, Charbel proposed the hybrid-system reform in regard to legislative elections to be held in 2013.
In February 2014, Charbel"s term ended when Nouhad Machnouk was appointed to the post.
In early May 2013 Charbel stated on First Rate (at Lloyd's) Jadeed television that Lebanon was opposed to homosexuals (using the derogatory Arabic term for homosexuals, "liwat") and that homosexuality was a felony in Lebanon.
We have to wait and see.
Q: How do you explain the infiltration of Lebanon, especially since the assassination also involved Michel Samahah, a former minister in the Lebanese government?
Certain prohibited items were found in his car and the investigation will only show the identity of those involved. But do not be fooled, for there are two types of men standing in the middle: The man who stands between A and B, and the man who stands against A and B (While following the orders of course, that are to stop A and B from fighting)
The “Amn Bel Taradi – الامن بالتراضي”, or consensual security, the fact of stopping the fighting between A and B without actually disarming A and B and punishing them for the instability they are causing, is mainly due to the fact of having officers in power.
When it does, we will all gather around the negotiation table, as the president pledged. I have full confident in telling you that the Lebanese security officials are present in Hezbollah’s areas in Al-Dahiyah al-Junubiyah and are performing their tasks there.
Q: You had taken a decision in the past regarding the disarming of the tribes.
The Lebanese state does not have the capability to help one million people, and so far we have not received anything that was approved in Kuwait from the donor states.
Q: Skirmishes have erupted sporadically between Hezbollah and the Syrian opposition in the border region of Al-Qusayr. The media outlets constantly carry my remarks, and I speak openly in order to convince all the sides.
Q: Do you expect any security repercussions in Lebanon should the Syrian regime fall?
Our greatest concern at this time is that of repercussions to Lebanese security.
Nevertheless, there is an implicit response, but it is difficult to succeed in this matter in view of the current circumstances. I believe that we have the ability to do so.
Q: What about the security of the Palestinian refugee camps?
This is a major problem that we are suffering from.
The Lebanese people have largely divided over Syria, how is this affecting Lebanon?
Marwan Charbel: The Lebanese government took the decision to dissociate itself from what is happening in Syria and it advised political figures to take this stance into consideration. When Michel Suleiman did not stick to the orders of the government on banning protests on the 14th of March 2005, it was scenario 2.
Dialogue between the two countries is continuous, and Syria’s representative in the United Nations is present. My concern is that our problems will start once the Syrian crisis ends, because one side defeated the other.
Q: Did you meet with Hezbollah leadership and discuss the issue of non-interference?
I meet with all the Lebanese groups as I do not fear talking to any side.
He may serve this sentence and then leave.