After the "legislative scandal"... Geagea opens the file of ending the current parliament's term

The following statement was issued by Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea:

What took place in Parliament over the past two days represents a major scandal for parliamentary work itself, and for the lack of a sense of responsibility among a large number of MPs. In form, the scene constitutes a scandal in every sense of the word; as for its substance, it is beyond description.

A parliament fails to pass a deserved amnesty law to lift injustice from a broad segment of the Lebanese, while at the same time approving a set of laws without careful study or real awareness of their repercussions, thereby imposing additional burdens on the treasury amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars, at a time when Lebanon has yet to emerge from the repercussions of the financial and economic crisis that began in 2019.

What I fear most is that, based on what was approved yesterday in Parliament, we may once again have entered the same hellish cycle that led Lebanon to financial and economic collapse.

From this standpoint, the Strong Republic bloc will study submitting a draft law to shorten the term of the current Parliament, especially since this term has already been extended, in light of the disappearance of the justifying reasons that necessitated this extension.