Charbel: Lebanese Security under Control, A Soon Security Council

Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel assured on Thursday that the security situation in Lebanon is "under control."

"Calm will be reflected positively in Lebanon, while quarrels will develop into disputes," the Interior Minister remarked urging "the officials to return to the national dialogue table that President Michel Suleiman had called for."

The Lebanese "an-Nahar" daily that Charbel commented on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon by stressing that: "It's in no one's best interest to destabilize the situation... Everyone will lose during any security tension."

"An -Nahar" quoted him as saying: "A certain protocol has been set regarding the arrest warrants against the four members of Hizbullah... the general prosecution is handling the issue, it tasks the specialized security department to carry out the investigation."

Regarding the issue of the electoral law, Charbel said that "it is being discussed and will be ready in three months at most."
"I am doing my duties and the decision is in the hands of the parliament," Charbel stated.

"Concerning the expatriates participation in the election based on the new law, there is a mechanism developed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that requires from the Lebanese living abroad and carrying the Lebanese nationality to submit their papers according to the mechanism established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while the expatriates who do not have the nationality is a different issue and there is a serious research in finding solutions to them," the Interior Minister clarified.

Stressing that the most important thing important is the formation of the Internal Security Forces leadership, which is a Council that will soon, in a week or ten days, appear," Charbel added that "the relationship with the General Director of Internal Security Forces is very good."
"It is a relationship between interior minister and general director of internal security forces," he concluded.