The Lebanese, during their uprising, went too far, as they put in question all police regimes in the Arab world which risked to reflect badly on Syria.

For the first time in the history of Lebanon, the Lebanese feel that they have the power to decide their fate,

This was a second independence for us, and one that was made by the Lebanese people. It can only mean that accountability and democracy will advance.

The opposition sees the response to this new crime should be the resignation of the president as the effective head of the security and the intelligence regime.

The opposition sought to exploit the achievements of the upheaval, so it brokered a deal in Paris in mid-April, which allowed the Lebanese-Syrian police regime to buy time.