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Lebanon's 'illegitimate' decision to disarm Hezbollah amounts to 'high treason': Lawyer

2025-09-18

[PRESSTV.IR] The recent decision by the Lebanese government to disarm the Hezbollah resistance movement is ''illegitimate'' and amounts to ''high treason'' as it serves the interests of the Israeli enemy, according to a Lebanese lawyer.

In an interview with the Press TV website, Qassem Hadraj, a lawyer and expert in international relations, said the Lebanese government's decision ''lacks legitimacy in both form and content".

On Tuesday, Leb
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's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam tasked the country's army to develop a plan to restrict weapons to the state by the end of the year, a decision that aims at disarming the Hezbollah resistance movement that has for decades defended the country from external aggression, especially from the Israeli enemy.

Two days later, during a cabinet meeting, the Lebanese government officials further discussed the US proposal aimed at disarming Hezbollah and endorsed its ''objectives''.

In terms of form, Hadraj said the decision to disarm Hezbollah constitutes ''a blatant violation of the pact of mutual coexistence'', as it was issued in the absence of Hezbollah and Amal ministers from the Shia community, who represent one of the main components of the Lebanese society and politics.

Noting that the Lebanese constitution states that there is no legitimacy for any authority that contradicts the pact of mutual coexistence, Hadraj said the move is deemed ''non-existent."

Referring to Article 65 of Lebanon's Constitution, which assigns executive authority to the cabinet as a whole, Hadraj reiterated that the decision lacks legitimacy because four Shia ministers walked out of the August 7 government meeting in protest against the US-proposed plan to disarm Hezbollah, while the fifth minister objected to it.

In terms of content, Hadraj, who is also chairman of the Human Rights and Media Committee of the World Union Organization for Arabic Press, said the plan is not implementable, due to Hezbollah's objections, and because the army lacks the necessary information about the types of weapons and their locations, as well as the capabilities and expertise to deal with them.

Posted by:Fred

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