Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates: Addressing Misconceptions and Clarifying Diplomatic Regulations

2023-10-02 13:10:16

Today, Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates issued a statement in which it said: “In reference to what was recently reported by some media outlets, including newspapers and news sites, regarding the “inability” of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates to summon the diplomatic employee working abroad to the central administration, putting that in the box.” “Bypassing the laws,” “bullying diplomats and punishing them,” and other accusations that reflect a lack of knowledge of the regulations and laws that govern the work of foreign service employees.

The statement added, “Foremost among them is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Regulations 1306/1971, and to put matters in their proper legal and administrative order, the Ministry is interested in clarifying that the Lebanese diplomatic corps has always been distinguished by attracting elites in knowledge, culture, and morals, who have succeeded in spreading an image worthy of Lebanon and the reputation of its expatriate children.” “Those who enriched the host communities wherever they resided and contributed to their renaissance and development.”

He continued, “However, maintaining this inherited level of performance obviously requires that the Ministry exercise its due control over the work of foreign service employees working under its authority, as this falls at the core of the responsibilities entrusted to it in terms of the necessity of taking appropriate administrative decisions and measures permitted by law regarding cases of functional malpractice.” And behavioral violations of all kinds, in order to preserve the public interest and ensure the proper functioning of the public facility, which is represented by diplomatic and consular missions abroad.”

The statement stated, “In isolation from and completely separate from the well-known disciplinary penalties stipulated by the Public Employees Law with the aim of correcting the behavior of the violating employee,
The system of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, issued by a special law, also permitted, and in view of the nature of the management of diplomatic relations affairs, where many circumstances and reasons may force the ministry or find it appropriate and necessary to organizationally summon one of its diplomats to the central administration, to take the decision to summon immediately, in preparation for transferring the diplomat in question. To another duty station at a later time, which is due to its proper timing.”

He pointed out, “In this context, the State Shura Council, through several judicial decisions it took when some of those who were summoned submitted reviews before it, confirmed the ministry’s well-established and judicially protected authority in this regard.”

He pointed out that, “The random resort to various media outlets with the aim of distorting the image of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates and undermining its reputation, instead of adopting the legal review methods that the law has made available to anyone who portrays himself as a victim, is nothing but a reflection of the blockage of legal means for some of those concerned with the summons decisions due to the presence of the legislative text.” Al-Sarih, which grants the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates the authority to summon a diplomat from abroad to the central administration in justified cases that require taking this measure.

The statement concluded, “It is important for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates to reaffirm its adherence to the institutional work approach, so that its administrative decisions are fortified with all elements of legitimacy and are consistent with the effective legislative texts that entrusted it with the powers that it exercises silently, responsibly, and within the limits of its authority.”

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