REPORT: ISF Chief Rifi leaves post with "clear conscience"

               
Internal Security Forces chief Major General Ashraf Rifi said on Saturday that he was handing over his post, which has sparked the resignation of the cabinet, to Brigadier General Roger Salem with a "clear conscience."                      

Rifi said at the graduation ceremony of expert officers held at the ISF general-directorate in Ashrafiyeh  that the handing over of the post “comes as part of the law”.                   

“My conscience is clear,” Rifi added seven days after Prime Minister Najib Mikati resigned over the rejection of March 8 majority alliance to extend his mandate.                   

Rifi will turn 59, the ISF’s maximum working age, on April 1. Salem will serve as acting head of the ISF until a new director-general is appointed.                                     

Rifi cited several of the achievements made by the ISF after he took charge of the department in 2005.            
Rifi also hailed ISF Intelligence Bureau chief Wissam al-Hasan and Wissam Eid, a top communications analyst with the bureau, both killed in the series of assassinations that targeted politicians, security and media figures since February 2005.                                   

Rifi thanked all ISF officers and saluted the Lebanese army and the rest of the security agencies.


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