BEIRUT – In an anticipated escalation, US Rep. Greg Stubu (R-FL) has reintroduced a Pager Act, which prohibits the Lebanese government from engaging in radicalism, which bans assistance to the Lebanese army until it revokes its approval of Shia duo.
The anti-hazard bill was first introduced last September after the terrorist pager massacre. Systematically target Hezbollah, Amal Movement and Lebanon allies.
The bill provides that the Lebanese government must stop perceived by Shia duo and any political sects who support resistance. It also requires that the relevant individuals be prevented from serving senior official positions.
The provocative law also requires that Lebanon not allow “Iranian influence” within official bodies.
Furthermore, all accusations against Americans (originally Lebanese) who appeared in Israeli news media require that Israeli guests be invited into the media program (as this is a crime under Lebanese law).
US law suggests that he is Shia and lists the head of the military intelligence agency in southern Lebanon, Brigadier General Suhail Bahij Herb, as a global terrorist.
The Times accused Brigadier Herb of leaking information to Hazbollah. In parallel, mainstream media from the western and the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf have carried out systematic propaganda against him, but the Lebanese army denied these allegations, saying, “The Army firmly deny these allegations.
The bill also sets a strict deadline for the Lebanese government not exceeding 60 days from the date of approval and will halt US aid to the Lebanese forces to implement a series of strict conditions.
Meanwhile, the government has not coordinated with the Amal Movement in regards to appointing Hezbollah and Shiites to positions, leading to an intention to comply with American orders and exclude them.
On Thursday, the Lebanese Ministerial Conference agreed to the need to accelerate the agreement on the mechanisms of administrative appointments and the formation of regulatory bodies.
It is noteworthy that the Minister’s statement argued that the government was eager to “the standards of merit, competence and equality between Christians and Muslims, without assigning any work to a sect.”
Any other move is a clear constitutional violation of the law in effect.
On his part, President Aoun pledged in his inauguration speech to defend “turning top-notch jobs.”
The Pager Act requires the state of Lebanon to comply with UN Security Council resolution 1559, which calls for the disarm of Hezbollah.
It also calls for sanctions to be imposed on politicians who provided political coverage to Hezbollah in the state.
This anti-hazbollah bill represents a major political dilemmas for the Lebanese government, particularly as it forces the government to choose to continue US military support or face an internal explosion, especially as Shia duo constitutes an influential, political and popular force.
Therefore, among the possible impact of this positive agenda is to ignite an internal political crisis that could lead to security tensions. Will the government submit to America’s humiliating submission, or will it push the country to the brink of deep by? !