In a statement, the Municipality of El Jadida - Bouchrieh - Al Sadd denounced, in the strongest terms, “the video clip that was circulated, and the slander and false information it contained, attacking the president and members of the Municipal Council,” and denounced “the attack on MP Ibrahim Kanaan and incitement against him, especially sectarian, especially since everything that was raised was fabricated for goals that have become known, leading to the launching of threatening and escalatory statements that are rejected in form and content, and will not pass.” Without taking the necessary legal measures.” She stressed that, “to prevent any confusion or attempt to give this speech a quality that it does not have, the author of the clip represents only himself, and does not have any capacity that authorizes him to speak on behalf of the people of the region or any of its groups, and it is not permissible to reduce the people of the region or any of its components to a person who is in a confrontation with the municipality over its implementation of the law. The municipality also puts this escalation in its true context: the municipality and its agencies are carrying out their duties in suppressing violations, protecting public property, and empowering The municipal police cannot perform their duties and collect the legally required municipal fees. It is unacceptable for objection to the application of the law or seeking to protect private interests to turn into a campaign of threats and accusations against the municipality, its council, and the region’s representatives, and then present this to public opinion as a defense of the rights of the people. Rights are matched by duties, and public property does not belong to anyone, and whoever demands services must respect the law and pay what is legally required.” The municipality pointed out that it is “clear in this regard: it does not target a person, sect, or group, and does not enter into settling scores with anyone. It applies the law, and will apply it to everyone, without exception, bargaining, or yielding to any pressure or threat. And whoever considers that he has a right or objection, the law and the judiciary are the way, not the threat or the attempt to impose a fait accompli. As for the attempt to drag the issue into a sectarian or religious debate, and to obscure purely administrative and legal procedures “This is an attempt that is rejected, condemned, and dangerous, and the municipality confirms that it will not allow anyone to turn the implementation of the law into a means of inciting sensitivities or strife among the people of the region.” She added: “For those whose memory has betrayed: There are no lessons for anyone for us in coexistence. Al-Jdeideh, Bouchrieh, and Al-Sad were and will remain a space for all of its people, and the municipality is responsible for all of them, protects the rights of all of them, and applies the law to all of them equally. The municipality also affirms its full respect for freedom of opinion and expression and the right of every citizen to question, object, criticize its performance, and hold it accountable within legal frameworks. However, freedom of expression does not mean the freedom to threaten, nor spread lies, nor harm the dignity of people and institutions, nor Disrupting the work of municipal agencies, nor sectarian incitement, nor attempts to impose a fait accompli by force or intimidation.” It announced that it "will place the video clip, with its entire content and all data related to it, before the competent judicial authorities, and will take the necessary legal measures against anyone whose responsibility the investigation proves, whether for threats, slander, dissemination of false information, incitement of sectarian strife, or any other act punishable by law, including anyone proven to have participated in or interfered in the acts subject to prosecution, in accordance with what the investigation proves and is decided by the competent judiciary. The municipality will not submit to the threat. It will not back down before the competent judicial authorities." Intimidation. You will not stop enforcing the law. The law is above everyone, public property is a right for everyone, and the prestige of institutions is not subject to compromise.”