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In many Lebanese villages, the police will not stop residents if they walk on foot or in their cars, in violation of the single and double decision (the decision specifies days to drive in the car based on the license plate number), until Sunday, which is considered a curfew day based on the closure decision, but the matter differs. Completely a few meters away, that is, at the entrances to cities near these villages, where patrols from the internal security forces or municipalities are dispersed and arrest reports are drawn up for offenders.
The general closure looks different in many towns. It is true that there is an indulgence in terms of curfew or turning a blind eye to the opening of a series of stores covered by the closure decision, especially since some of them sell in addition to what they sell (appliances, bedding …) food that is excluded However, since the closure decision, the issue of preventing meetings and compliance with prevention measures is clear.
A security source confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat that “there are no exceptions in the villages,” noting that there were quite a few written seizure reports for citizens in conflict with the villages. The source pointed out that “monitoring compliance with the closure decision in the villages is not the sole responsibility of the security forces, but also of the municipalities, and that municipalities that do not have the capacity to monitor the closure decision can request assistance to the security forces ”, noting that the closure decision is progressing well and that the percentage of adherence to it reached an average of 85% with variation from one region to another
In the village, “Everyone knows each other, and often the barber or mechanic is your neighbor, and if you need him, he will not return disappointed.”
The head of the Union of Municipalities of Jabal Amel, the head of the Union of Municipalities of Jabal Amel, Ali Taher, is not surprised by such violations, as he knows that they occur, but considers that in light of the small number of municipal police in some villages and based on the nature of the relationships in the village, it is necessary to focus on the objective, which is to take all preventive measures that prevent the spread of the epidemic, always remembering that offenders should not be tolerated and treated with transparency because “ (Corona) has become in all homes ”and it is imperative that all confront each other seriously and decisively without exceptions.
