State security in daily mobilization

There is a lot of talk about "declaring a state of emergency" to meet the exceptional circumstances that threaten the country. This announcement is a political decision, and is not available at this time.

According to an informed source, this decision means that the agreement of the political forces to hand over the affairs of the country to the army Command, which becomes the only one responsible, and the command of the military regions will be like a "mini-government" in each region.

But the source continues: it is certain that the political forces will not hand over the country's affairs to the army, especially in light of the existing problems around the leadership of the army with the imminent retirement of army commander General Joseph Aoun next January, the vacuum in the chief of staff, and the best evidence of the disagreement that occurred between Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Defense Minister Maurice Sleem at the last ministerial meeting held last Wednesday in Grand Serail.

Faced with the impossibility of declaring a state of emergency, the security services should do their job in carrying out their tasks, where at the level of protecting citizens from any exploitation at the living level, the role of the state security apparatus is progressing, as it keeps pace with ministries and official departments that are in contact with life Affairs.

In this context, a concerned security source says that the State Security Directorate keeps pace with the Ministry of Health on the subject of medicines, and quantities of them have been confiscated based on judicial references, on the other hand, there have been many raids in the framework of combating expired, spoiled or monopolized foodstuffs.

The source pointed out that the state security supports EDL in removing encroachments, in addition to controlling private generators, and also keeps pace with the Ministry of economy, specifically the Consumer Protection Directorate in controlling fraud, mismanagement, waste and corruption... He pointed out that the elements and officers of the state security take notes and send the necessary mail to the competent ministers about every administrative error in any ministry or state institution, so in return there is a responsibility on the ministries to follow up what is referred to them.

As for price control, the same source indicates that since the beginning of dollar pricing, the process of price disparity has been significantly controlled and a kind of stability has occurred.

And about storage and monopoly? The source answers: there is no need to panic, all materials are available, especially fuel, food and medicines, and currently there is stability in the US dollar exchange rate and all prices are in "fresh dollars", and therefore traders are not supposed to stock up to seize any opportunity to benefit and make profits, and there is no justification for people to rush to buy large quantities of their needs.

In this context, the source reveals that since the beginning of the Gaza war, demand has increased by between 5% and 7%, and this difference is not significant.

The source concluded by saying: what the state security is doing is within its powers and the apparatus is in a state of daily mobilization. The data indicate that there is no trend towards war.