Lebanon today »After the increase in traffic accidents … a press conference for the deputies of the forces in Zahle

The Zahle region held in the Lebanese forces a press conference at the headquarters of the coordinator after the increase in traffic accidents on the Zahle Highway, in the presence of a large number of journalists and partisans, in addition to a number of people of the city and the region and social and interested activists.









The conference began a member of the strong Republic of Republic, MP George Aqis, saying: We met today on the occasion of a sad on the authority of the Al -Zahli street, which is the loss of the two young men, Jurgo Al -Bardawil, and Anthony Al -Attra, who lost their lives in a painful accident on the Zahle Highway.

He added: The poor way to the roads is in Lebanon in general, but today we address the Zahle Highway today, what we call today as a jungle of death, which harvested innocent souls, appealing to our demand today from the Ministry of Works, and we hope at the beginning of the New Testament, that serious workshops be opened for maintenance The roads, as well as their own infrastructure.

Aqis continued: We called us repeatedly like the Lebanese Forces Party in Zahle, to put permanent traffic and lighting signals on this road in addition to putting the bumps where it must avoid harvesting lives, and to put an end to what the people of our society are exposed to cheap death as a result of the state’s neglect.

He said: A cry was launched by the coordinators of the Lebanese forces in Zahle, in order to be addressed this file, and I invite all political activities and forces, municipalities, specialists and businessmen in Zahle to join hands in order to improve the conditions for walking on the highway, and I go to condolences to the people of the two young men, Parduel and Anthony, in this The painful person.

Aqis concluded, announcing that in cooperation with the Zahle coordinators in the Lebanese forces, we will ask Lieutenant -Colonel Michel Mutannan a detailed study that we raise in our role to the Minister of Works in the next government, as well as the Minister of Interior if necessary, and we will officially request the transfer of the Zahle Highway by decree into a path of services, and securing the necessary budget, and if Our demand was refused to appeal any decision that was rejected by linking the dispute before the State Shura Council to avoid the repetition of traffic accidents, and we pledge to this before all the Zahlis and in their name, as we represent everyone.

In turn, a member of the strong Republic of Republic, MP Elias Stephen, a cry in which he said: In light of the increasing number of victims as a result of traffic accidents, we stand today not only to inherit the losses, but to raise the sound high and say: Enough death on our roads, it is no longer acceptable that this tragedy will continue as if The inevitable, while the fact is that neglect and negligence are the main reason for losing our youth daily.

He continued: What we witnessed yesterday is not just a traffic accident, but a humanitarian catastrophe repeated repeatedly due to the absence of accountability, neglect in the application of laws, and lack of safety procedures. The highway in Zahle has become a daily death trap, which thousands follow without any measures to protect them, in the absence of radical solutions to stop continuous bleeding.

He appealed to those concerned, saying: The responsibility is not only the responsibility of the driver, but it is the responsibility of the state and the concerned authorities, headed by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, which has to move immediately to find sustainable solutions. What we demand is not just promises, but an integrated plan that includes improving roads, reforming infrastructure, and tightening control over the application of traffic laws.

He stressed that it is no longer acceptable to invoke excuses. The road is no longer just a means of transportation, but rather a partner in people’s lives and the fate of their families. Every delay in taking the necessary measures is a negligence against the lives of our people, and what we want is an immediate implementation of safety procedures, away from empty procrastination and promises.

He affirmed that we will not stand idly by this tragedy, but rather we will exercise all forms of pressure to impose actual measures, because the solutions no longer tolerate the postponement. What we are witnessing today may be a frequent tragedy tomorrow, and anyone from us may be the next victim if we do not move quickly.

Stephen concluded: Mercy for the victims, and patience for their families, and perhaps the voice we raise today arrives before we lose more!