Army Chief Above Parties

Randa Shamoun says that targeting the Lebanese Army commander with campaigns of accusation and defamation, and calling for his dismissal outside official channels, undermines the principle of the state and turns the military institution into an arena for partisan point-scoring. She stresses that the commander should be held accountable through constitutional institutions and the law, not through the media. The Internal Security Forces’ success in the Dahr al-Baydar case, she says, does not mean the army has failed: the security agencies complement one another and divide responsibilities among themselves. She calls for protecting the independence of the army and state institutions from blackmail and political exploitation.

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