The Secretary-General of the "Al-Asadi Movement," lawyer Maan Al-Asadi, stated that the political class bears "the responsibility for the catastrophic situation that Lebanon is experiencing in light of the chaos and random increases in prices." He said, “The nation is collapsing, the state is paralyzed and bankrupt, the people are starving, institutions are powerless, and the political class is deliberately distracting the public by fabricating conflicts and divisions—political, sectarian, and confessional—over government formation, its composition, the number of its members, and the shares of each group in both count and portfolios, while raising slogans about the rights and dignity of sects, which are all illusions as they care only about protecting their interests.”
Al-Asadi noted that everything happening is merely a struggle over grabbing spoils and entrenching a policy of quota-sharing and corruption that has persisted for 30 years and has directly caused the downfall of Lebanon. He expressed sorrow for "the state of the citizen who still believes in such fabricated conflicts and disputes that the powers of the state deliberately revive whenever they feel threatened, in order to distract him from the corruption they commit and the major disaster that has befallen the country and its people," affirming that what is happening is a warning of the beginning of the end of Lebanon's entity, independence, and sovereignty.
He argued that this class is intentionally prolonging the crisis, paving the way for Lebanon's collapse and preparing for its international declaration as a failed state, with no solution except for international guardianship over it. He considered "the role of the International Monetary Fund to be dubious through imposing impossible conditions to ‘shackle’ Lebanon's aid." Unfortunately, this confirms that it has lost its political, economic, and diplomatic existence, paving the way for internationalization under the pretext of implementing international decisions. Al-Asadi pointed out that the political class still bets on the factors of time and international agreements to extricate itself from its crises and to recreate itself.
He emphasized that there is no solution to Lebanon's crises except through the enactment of genuine reform laws. He stated, "The investigative judge must not only prosecute the resigned Prime Minister and the three ministers, but he should prosecute all those suspected, including politicians, security personnel, and judges. If he fails to do so, his investigation will be undermined and marred by deficiencies that will invalidate the inquiry, causing it to lose its seriousness, credibility, and integrity."
