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The Supreme Defense Council, at its meeting yesterday chaired by the President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun at the Baabda Palace, ended the extension of the general mobilization until 5/24/2020 implicitly and the request to the military and security apparatus of any strict deterrence in the repression of violations.
President Aoun emphasized “the need to attach importance to the high cost of all products and materials and to take control measures and protect consumers,” while Prime Minister Dr. Hassan Diab said that “the issue of high prices is under their monitoring in coordination with the relevant supervisory agencies. ” The meeting was attended by President Diab, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense, Zina Aker, and Ministers: Foreign and Expat Nassif Hatti, Finance Ghazi Wazani, Interior and Municipalities Muhammad Fahmy, Economy and Commerce Raoul Nimah, Public Health Hamad Hassan , Public Works and Transport Michel Najjar, and Justice Mary Claude is a star. The meeting was also attended by: Army Commander General Joseph Aoun, Director General of General Security Major General Abbas Ibrahim, Director General of Internal Security Forces Major General Imad Othman, Director General of State Security Major General Tony Saliba, Secretary General of the Supreme Defense Council Major General Mahmoud Al Asmar, Prosecutor General for Discrimination Judge Ghassan Aouidat, Government Commissioner before the Military Court, Judge Peter Germanos, Director of Intelligence, Brigadier General Antoine Mansour, Director of Information in the General Directorate of General Security , Brigadier-General Granting Sawaya, Chief of the Information Branch of the Internal Security Forces, Brigadier Khaled Hammoud, Deputy Director General of State Security, Brigadier Samir Sinan. Also present were the Director General of the Presidency of the Republic, Dr. Antoine Choucair, and the Military and Security Advisor to the President of the Republic, Brigadier Paul Matar. After the meeting, Major General Al-Asmar read the following statement: “At the invitation of the President of the Republic, the Supreme Defense Council held a meeting yesterday, at the Republican Palace, to follow the latest developments and procedures to limit the spread of the Corona virus.
The President of the Republic began the meeting with a brief presentation on the measures and measures taken since the announcement of the extension of public mobilization on April 27, 2020 in the framework of the prevention of the Corona virus, and stressed the need to give importance to the high cost of all goods and materials, take control measures and protect consumers with respect to Consider the types of products, their sources and their margins.
Then, the Prime Minister presented the second stage of measures and measures that have been taken and implemented by the government and the ministers. The President indicated that the general evaluation is good, but citizens did not adhere to the restrictions and gradual mitigation measures, and this may be negatively reflected in the spread of the epidemic. He noted that the issue of high prices is being followed up by him in coordination with the relevant regulatory agencies.
He informed the attendees of the recommendation issued by the committee concerned about the follow-up of the procedures to prevent the coronavirus, which stipulated a proposal to extend the declaration of mobilization for a period of two weeks, that is, until 24 / 5/2020, provided that economic activities that can gradually resume work within their reach and in accordance with specific time stages are maintained. And based on certain conditions.
Then, the Minister of Health informed the attendees about the field results of the survey that was launched at the national level, which turned out to be relatively good, and highlighted that there is a total lack of commitment on the part of citizens to the graduated measures and that Lebanon is still at the stage of a pandemic threat and, therefore, controls must be maintained.
After the Director General of General Security introduced the issue of the draft Lebanese return from abroad, it was emphasized that the return is limited to the priority and priority criterion exclusively for the Lebanese, and in the context of the high price and the Increasing prices of goods and materials, the Minister of Economy and Trade pointed out that attention must be paid to the need to find a balance between the consumer and the merchant in light of the financial and economic crisis and is working to find solutions for reduce the increase in the prices of basic materials.
After deliberating and listening to the relevant ministers and also to the leaders of the military and security services regarding the security, economic and life situation since the announcement of the extension of public mobilization on April 27, 2020 until today (yesterday), it was decided to control the security conditions and take the necessary measures and measures against violators and aggressors of public and private properties.
In the context of pursuing confronting this danger with public mobilization, which is provided for in Article 2 of Legislative Decree No. 102/1983 (National Defense) with the plans and special provisions addressed in this article, in addition to the measures and measures previously taken by the Council of Ministers at its previous meetings, the Supreme Defense Council decided to submit an end to the Council of Ministers that includes:
1. New extension of the general mobilization case announced by Decree No. 6296/2020 from 05/11/2020 to 05/20/2020 inclusive.
2. Highlighting the activation and implementation of the measures and procedures imposed by Decree No. 6198/2020 and Decree No. 6209/2020, Decree No. 6251/2020 and Decree No. 6296/2020 and Resolution No. 49/2020 of March 21, 2020 issued by the State of the Prime Minister (Instructions) Implementation of Decree 6198) and the relevant decisions of the Minister of the Interior and Municipalities, during the period of general mobilization mentioned above.
3. Maintain the economic activities that allowed to gradually restore the work within its scope and in accordance with the time stages mentioned in Article 2 of Decree No. 6251/2020 and under certain conditions based on the following criteria: intensity of mixing, number of mixing, possibility of adjustment, priority level and potential risks.
4. Demand from the military and security services all strictly deterrents, in the suppression of violations, that lead to the non-spread of the virus and its spread.
