Strong Lebanon bloc MP Samer Al-Tom affirmed that "the Lebanese army needs all forms of assistance, its needs are numerous, and much is demanded of him regarding the execution of his tasks." He pointed out that "presenting the army's needs to carry out its tasks during the Paris conference to support the army garnered conditional promises tied to a specific agenda for its armament." Al-Tom noted "the American rejection of any support for the army without it taking practical steps to restrict Hezbollah's weapons." He expressed the hope that "the army will be kept out of internal disputes, and that the Lebanese stance will adhere to Lebanese rights, foremost among them stopping the Israeli aggression, completely withdrawing from Lebanese lands according to a clear time horizon to which the Israeli side commits, in addition to reconstruction and the return of the displaced, without political conditions." He pointed out that "there is an American-Israeli decision not to renew the mandate of UNIFIL, and we hope and demand that all forces present in Lebanon be under the umbrella and custodianship of the United Nations, yet the decision is not in Lebanon's hands, and the alternative might be a specific formula that is not subject to the Russian and Chinese veto, with the aim of dismantling Hezbollah's infrastructure." Regarding the negotiating track between Lebanon and Israel, Al-Tom believed that "negotiations are faltering at both the military and political levels, and that Israel is continuing its policy of cold war on the military level, in light of the postponement of real negotiations in Rome and the stumbling of experimental areas, coupled with the non-implementation of what was agreed upon." He considered that "the framework agreement imposed obligations on Lebanon and not on Israel, which continues its attacks, instead of being a means to secure Lebanese rights and uphold them." He added that "the current Lebanese government has achieved nothing, neither on the internal nor the external level, and is not performing its duties in the absence of any achievements regarding livelihood files, and the lack of a Lebanese paper to solve the weapons problem internally within the framework of the national security strategy, which prompted the bloc to withhold confidence from it." He considered that "overthrowing it is unlikely, especially since it enjoys an international-regional umbrella and internal support." Al-Tom stressed the importance of "lifting injustice from the oppressed," and pointed out that "the general amnesty law has taken a constitutional path pending a decision on it." He emphasized that "the judicial leaks in the port explosion file are insulting to justice, and they should not happen against the Lebanese judiciary and against the port martyrs and their families."