Beirut: «Al-Khaleej», agencies
Yesterday, Tuesday, the Lebanese Cabinet assigned the army to investigate the incident of the migration boat that sank a few days ago while the navy was trying to arrest it, killing seven people, while several are still missing. Searching for the missing, while the session of the joint committees devoted to studying the “Capital Control” bill was canceled due to the lack of a quorum, while the House of Representatives will hold a parliamentary session tomorrow, Thursday, to consider a vote of confidence in Foreign Minister Abdullah Bu Habib on the background of his failure to observe the principles in determining the pens Expatriates, according to the request submitted by some deputies to the “Lebanese Forces” party led by Samir Geagea.
The military judiciary is conducting the investigation
After the end of an exceptional session chaired by President Michel Aoun at the Baabda Palace and devoted to discussing the incident, Information Minister Ziad Makari announced that the government decided to request the Army Command to conduct a transparent investigation into the circumstances and circumstances of the incident, under the supervision of the competent judiciary.
Makari said that the military judiciary will handle the investigation.
The army chief, the intelligence director, and the commander of the navy participated in the cabinet session, who gave a detailed presentation of the facts of what happened, according to the Lebanese presidency. For his part, Prime Minister Najib Mikati refused to throw the accusations arbitrarily, pointing out that the case of the sinking of the boat will be pursued according to judicial and security principles within the framework of comprehensive investigations.
Searches are still underway for missing people, following the army brought 48 people back to the beach and recovered seven bodies. While there is conflicting information regarding the number of passengers on the boat, most of whom are Lebanese, including Palestinian and Syrian refugees, the United Nations spoke of at least 84 people, women, men and children. The government assigned the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defense to communicate with countries and concerned authorities to help “float the sunken boat.”
Canceling the “Capital Control” session
On the other hand, the session of the joint committees dedicated to deciding on the “Capital Control” bill was canceled due to the lack of a quorum, as a result of the boycott of the “Future” and “Free Patriotic” and “Forces” blocs.
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Elie Ferzli, stated in a press conference following the session was canceled, that any “Capital Control” issued might not contradict any of its clauses regarding depositors’ deposits, and the deputies wanted to know how to distribute losses between Banks and the Central Bank, and said: We were informed by the Minister of Finance, Youssef Khalil, that there was a plan that was handed over to the Council of Ministers a week ago; As it spread on social networking sites, without the House of Representatives seeing it, stressing that the House of Representatives was keen on the subject of the draft law more than some were keen, and we are in the process of protecting the rights of depositors to the last breath, explaining that the House of Representatives all took the decision to postpone the session.
In addition, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called for a plenary session on Thursday followingnoon at the UNESCO Palace to consider a vote of confidence in the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Abdullah Bou Habib, submitted by the “Strong Republic” deputies affiliated with the “Lebanese Forces” party.
