Politics
09:32 PM | 12 Aug 2026
Basil: How do you demand that the army fight “the party” and terrorism while you pardon its killers?
Fady Mahouly
The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, wrote on the X platform: “As soon as Lebanon recorded a bright spot in its record of abolishing the death penalty, it recorded a failure against justice when its parliament approved a general amnesty law for the third time, encouraging impunity, while a number of the oppressed are supposed to be pardoned.”
He asked: “How do you, the 24-member government, demand that the army fight Hezbollah and terrorism while you pardon its killers?”