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French President Emmanuel Macron warned of the outbreak of a civil war in Lebanon, highlighting the need to provide assistance to the affected country to prevent it.
In his speech today, Friday, August 28, in the capital Paris, Macron said: “If we leave Lebanon in the region, and if we somehow leave it in the hands of corrupt regional powers, a civil war will break out,” which will lead to “undermine Lebanese identity.”
Macron called for the implementation of reforms represented in the fight against corruption, reforming the banking system, public contracts and the energy sector, warning of the collapse of the Lebanese economy if this is not done.
In this sense, he added, “the only victims will be the Lebanese who cannot go into exile.”
Macron considered that the restrictions imposed by the “sectarian system” and the interests associated with it, would lead to a situation in which there is hardly any political renewal, which would lead to the impossibility of reform.
He noted that Lebanon “may be one of the last existing incarnations of what we believe in this region, that is, interreligious coexistence that manifests itself in its most peaceful manifestations, and the model of pluralism that is based on education, culture and the ability to trade in peace. “
Macron will head to Beirut next Monday and Tuesday, with the aim of pressuring the formation of a new government, while the Lebanese presidency intends to hold consultations with the parliamentary blocs to appoint a new prime minister.
The French president called on Lebanese politicians to undertake the necessary and urgent political and economic reforms, as a condition to allow the flow of foreign aid and save Lebanon from its crises.
The Reuters news agency said on Wednesday, July 26, that it was able to review a two-page “ideas paper”, which the French ambassador delivered to Beirut, which contains detailed procedures on what Lebanese officials must do to obtain foreign aid. and protect Lebanon from economic collapse.
“Reuters” stated that the document stipulates “to audit the central bank’s accounts, form an interim government capable of implementing urgent reforms and hold early legislative elections within a year.”
The newspaper considered that the priority at this time should be “to form a government urgently, in order to avoid a power vacuum that would plunge Lebanon further into the crisis it is suffering.”
The Lebanese government resigned after the Beirut port explosion, and Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab called for early parliamentary elections, while the blocs and parties have not yet been able to agree on the next prime minister.
The explosion took place on August 4, after a fire broke out in a warehouse in which some 2,750 tons of “ammonium nitrate”, which is used in the manufacture of fertilizers and pumps, had been stored in the port for six years without security measures and “without any preventive measures”.
The blast killed at least 158 people and injured thousands, according to data from the Lebanese Ministry of Health, as well as the displacement of thousands more.
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