Army Command: Roads must open in accordance with law, amid right of peaceful demonstration only in squares

The Army Command – Orientation Directorate – issued the following statement:

“Further to the previous statements issued by the Army Command, and thirteen days after the start of the protests and popular demonstrations and expression of demands, and the worsening clashes between citizens as a result of cutting vital roads in various areas of Lebanon, and after the recent political developments, the Army Command requests all demonstrators to initiate the opening of all closed routes to restore life back to normal, in implementation of the law and the rules of public order, while Affirming the right to peaceful demonstration and expression of opinion in public squares only, which is protected by the provisions of the Constitution and the law.”