Salam vows to confront electoral bribery and security violators
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the municipal and mayoral elections were conducted “successfully” in north Lebanon on Sunday thanks to the “responsible management” of the Interior Ministry.
“Electoral bribery, regardless of its source, will be met with strict measures, and we will continue the investigations to reach the source of the bribe and take the appropriate judicial measures, seeing as no one enjoys a cover,” Salam added in remarks on the X platform.
“As for the scene of weapons and stray bullets, which resulted in dangerous injuries, it is a scene that is rejected ethically and legally. This is a shameful and primitive phenomenon that must stop,” Salam said.
“The relevant authorities, especially the army, arrested many shooters and there will be leniency in continuing the security and judicial course and imposing the severest penalties on security violators,” the premier added.
“I urge citizens to put an end to this dangerous trend, seeing as weapons are not a way of expression nor a way to impose a situation that defies the principle of the state,” Salam went on to say.
Source: Naharnet
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