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The Mayor of Tripoli, Dr. Riyad Yamak, held a press conference in the hall of the Rashid Karami Municipal Cultural Center in Nawfal, in the presence of the head of the Tripoli Union of Engineers, Bassam Ziadeh, who also represented the head of Tripoli. Bar Association, Muhammad Murad, members of the municipal council, representatives of civil society organizations and groups of protesters in Tripoli, who chanted slogans against the governor of the North, Ramzi Nahra, and demanded to “dismiss him and stop his hand in the municipalities of Tripoli and the North “.
Abominable
After the national anthem, the Tripoli Anthem, the reading of Al-Fatiha and a minute of silence on the souls of the martyrs, Yamak said: “At first, I would like to emphasize that the abuse to which I was subjected with a conception and design The Governor of the North’s previous statements is not an offense to the person of Riad Yamak, but rather an offense to Tripoli and its people and to a signed symbol The Municipality of Tripoli, the largest municipality in Lebanon, which is popularly elected and enjoys full legitimacy.
He added: “The Governor of the North began to feel the magnitude of the fatal error he made, so he hastened to clarify the facts that we had noted down and sent to those interested in the matter, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of the Interior and Municipalities, knowing that we did not publish any details of what happened, so the governor’s response was equivalent to “The suspect almost said,” Take me, “knowing that the dialogue that took place between him and me and Some of the colleagues he summoned, one after another, confiscating my phone and confiscating my freedom for a short time is recorded in sound and image, as I learned from some who know the secrets of his office, knowing that I did not do only what which I have said preserves my right, especially since what has been recorded can be manipulated to make accusations based on political and personal background. Therefore, I found that the duty required to photograph what was written or to give me a copy of the record, and this is the lesser duty of the governor, who was supposed to respect the office of the mayor of Tripoli and the office. represents, but did not do so in a way that confirms its hatred against the city, its municipality, its president, its members and its people.
He continued: “The governor of the North acted in the same faulty manner with former President Ahmed Qamar al-Din when he summoned him in 572018, and also tried to blackmail the mayor of El-Mina, Abdel-Qader Alam El-Din, and with journalist Abdul Karim Fayyad in 2017 when he threatened him and raised a stick equipped with nails, confirming that I have. The Governor of the North has deliberate and aggressive intentions towards Tripoli and its people.
questions and answers
In response to a question about the governor’s performance with the municipality and how to deal with him in the future, Yamak said: “Since the governor has that militia mentality towards Tripoli, it is sure that cooperating with him is very difficult.
When Yameq was asked about the possibility of communicating with the city’s political and religious references, some of the attendees were embarrassed, who considered that “the city has no political references and is governed by the governor with what represents an affiliation with a politician. ” Current. “” I did not communicate with anyone, but most of the city politicians called and condemned this act, and some of them issued statements of solidarity and denunciations, “Yamak said.
Asked about the disagreement within the city council, he said: “At this moment and this attack and the hidden issues that we are witnessing and the hatred against the city of Tripoli, we hope that all members of the city council will be united with their city, Tripoli and not with Riad Yameq, and personally I extend my hand and my heart to all the members so that they forget All the past, and let’s start over because the attack is great on the city, which is undoubtedly the bride of the revolution.
On the loss of the city to the presidency of the Federation of Municipalities of Al-Fayha without any serious work, he said: “There is a failure of all the actors when they took the presidency of the Union from Tripoli, and everyone knows why we opposed it. this job and froze our membership in the Union, not because we want the presidency for ourselves, even though the presidency is right in Tripoli, but we know, sadly, the size of the great conspiracy.
And about the possibility of going to the Judiciary for what happened, he said: “Of course we reserve the right to a criminal case against the governor. When the matter happened, I considered it a terrorist act to prevent it from going out. He told me: “Give me your phone number or you won’t leave here,” and summoned about six people to detain my freedom for a short time. This is specific terrorism and we are maintaining a criminal case against the governor on behalf of Tripoli. In addition, I renew my demand to know who burned the building of the municipality of Tripoli and who were the instigators, and this is a court order and the judiciary must play its role.
