Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said on Thursday the problem that erupted following last week’s incident in the Jbeil town of Lasa has been resolved.
On Tuesday, MTV network’s crews were prevented from carrying out their reporting tasks in Lasa, where a Maronite delegation was also assaulted and prevented from surveying a piece of land belonging to the Maronite Patriarchate.
“A solution was reached after a meeting between relevant figures and Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai [in Bkirki] on Wednesday,” Charbel told the Voice of Lebanon (100.5) radio station.
“This solution should have been reached a while ago in order to avoid sectarian problems,” the minister added, after several March 14 figures slammed the residents of Lasa –whose majority are Hezbollah supporters – for assaulting the Maronite delegation and an MTV television crew.
Asked about a new electoral law, Charbel voiced hope that a draft will be issued in the next three months in order to be addressed in the cabinet.
The March 14 parties have been calling for disarming the Syrian- Iranian-backed Hezbollah group.
-NOW Lebanon
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