Protesters in Tripoli, on Sept. 20, 2026, demanding the adoption of the general amnesty law suspended by the Constitutional Council. (Credit: Photo relayed by our correspondent in the North, Michel Hallak)
Sunni MPs have chosen their target: the Constitutional Council. As they press for implementation of the general amnesty law as passed last August, the community’s MPs are calling for new appointments to the council, a way of protesting its ruling on the Free Patriotic Movement’s (FPM) challenge seeking to overturn the legislation. At the same time, they are continuing to push for a return to the law’s original version, particularly because the Constitutional Council’s ruling, and especially its interpretation of certain provisions, could delay the release of controversial Salafist sheikh Ahmad al-Assir by about 10 years.A majority of the Sunni MPs met in Parliament on Monday. Halimeh Kaakour and Ibrahim Mneimneh, two MPs from the protest movement, were absent, as was their colleague Nabil Badre, who was traveling. “We will not accept the...
Sunni MPs have chosen their target: the Constitutional Council. As they press for implementation of the general amnesty law as passed last August, the community’s MPs are calling for new appointments to the council, a way of protesting its ruling on the Free Patriotic Movement’s (FPM) challenge seeking to overturn the legislation. At the same time, they are continuing to push for a return to the law’s original version, particularly because the Constitutional Council’s ruling, and especially its interpretation of certain provisions, could delay the release of controversial Salafist sheikh Ahmad al-Assir by about 10 years.A majority of the Sunni MPs met in Parliament on Monday. Halimeh Kaakour and Ibrahim Mneimneh, two MPs from the protest movement, were absent, as was their colleague Nabil Badre, who was traveling. “We will not...
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