Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stressed during a meeting with delegations from the Jbeil and Danniyeh municipality unions that state institutions are the sole guarantor of protecting Lebanon and the Lebanese, noting that the Lebanese are tired of living in a state of war. He described municipalities as the first line of defense for local development and stressed the need for expanded administrative decentralization and rebuilding the state through digital governance and transparency.
The coverage agreed on reporting Aoun's statement about state institutions but differed in emphasis: one outlet highlighted details on decentralization and digital governance, another the call to maintain confidence in institutions, and a third the phrase that the Lebanese are tired of the state of war.