She stressed that “the social and living rights of old tenants, as well as other rights related to protection and care, remain the responsibility of the Lebanese state, which is responsible for securing them by implementing the laws, not by continuing to burden the owners alone with the burdens of this file at the expense of their legitimate rights.”
She believed that “it is not possible to continue to ignore the wasted financial rights of the old owners for more than forty years, after they alone bore the consequences of the policies of postponement, freezing, and disruption, and the rent allowances lost any real value, which inflicted on thousands of royal families great injustice and deprivation of their natural and legitimate resources, at a time when everyone is suffering under economic and living pressures.”
She stressed that “owners need today more than ever to restore their legitimate income and financial rights, away from any attempts to inherit homes again and indefinitely and to perpetuate the injustice imposed on them or keep them hostage to the state’s policies and inaction.”
It also called for “adopting a responsible discourse that avoids tension and incitement, and respecting the state of law and institutions, given that the valid reference for resolving disputes and applying legal texts remains the Lebanese judiciary, which we all turn to to give every rightful person his due, in accordance with legal principles and judicial guarantees, away from incitement and threats.”
The union concluded by emphasizing that “true justice is not achieved by confiscating the rights of one group for the benefit of another, but rather by respecting the law, preserving the right to property, and ensuring social protection by the state, in a way that ensures balance and fairness for all.”
