Beirut: Head of the "Change Movement" Party, Attorney Elie Mahfoud, asserted that "the state cannot coexist with illegitimate weapons, since simply accepting this equation means the collapse of the very meaning of the state."

According to National News Agency - Lebanon, Mahfoud stated that when weapons become more powerful than the law, the nation is not facing internal partnership but rather foreign tutelage managed by Lebanese hands. He emphasized that the disconnect between Lebanese law and armed factions highlights a crucial reality - the decisions impacting Lebanon are made in Tehran, not Beirut.

Mahfoud further expressed that a party that carries its weapons on foreign orders does not represent a nation but rather a transnational project for which the Lebanese pay the price with their homes, livelihoods, and blood. He concluded by stating that the equation is clear: Iran decides, Hezbollah implements, and Lebanon is buried under the consequences.