President Aoun calls for amendment of domestic violence law

In his message on Mother and Child’s Day, the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, stressed his unyielding support and preparedness to protect women and children and to give family matters his full attention. Aoun’s statement came after a meeting with associations involved with women and children issues. A lot needs to be done, Aoun said, underlining the significance of collaboration in such matters to the end of protecting Lebanese children. Aoun lauded efforts by local organizations and groups concerned, pressing for expanding the scope of their work to cover the whole family. He described as shameful incidents of domestic violence that culminate in the death of family members, calling for making the appropriate legislative reforms, particularly through the amendment of the disputed domestic violence law, which “did not meet our expectations” as he put it and in order to provide better protection to women. Deterring violent acts inside threatened families is inevitable and required for their safety, Aoun noted. (Al Mustaqbal, An Nahar, Al Diyar,, March 23, 2017)