The deputies of the Bishri district, Strida Tawk Jaja and Melhem Tawk, affirmed in a statement that "the use of methods to distort the truth and incite the people to sow discord among our good people in Biqaasfirin, in order to protect a handful of criminal murderers by attempting to obscure the perpetrator and accuse the victim, will not succeed in creating any animosity between the people of Bishri and the people of Biqaasfirin, who have coexisted and shared both good and bad since ancient times with the people of Baalbek and the neighboring areas, preserving the groundwater resources that everyone has benefited from, as nature has generously provided these without transgression or alteration."
They emphasized the commitment to a united life in a single homeland governed by laws and regulations, with the competent judiciary resolving all disputes away from the law of the jungle. The deputies responded to the statement of the deputies and the Liaison of Mukhtars of the Danyah region with a statement that read, "We were surprised by what the statement contained regarding the distortion of facts and the falsification of the undeniable data related to the killing of martyrs Malik and Haitham Tawk, particularly by suggesting that the latter was a 'victim of armed conflict'... and that the former fell due to a 'clash' with the army; however, these allegations are nothing but a preemption of investigations and distortion of the established facts that confirm that the murder of martyr Haitham Tawk occurred treacherously and with prior planning and intent, without any prior clashes."
Additionally, the martyrdom of Malik Tawk, who rushed heroically to join a group of youths from Bishri to investigate the circumstances surrounding the murder of Haitham Tawk, took place under ambiguous conditions that remain under investigation to this day. The deputies concluded their statement by reiterating the commitment to a united life in a single homeland governed by laws and regulations, with the competent judiciary resolving all disputes away from the law of the jungle, as the logic of justice, truth, and fact is the foundation for building the state... Meanwhile, methods of incitement and populism lead only to ruin.
