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Minister of Foreign Affairs Deactivates Twitter Account After Back And Forth With Citizens
We guess the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the caretaker government has gotten his wittle feelings hurt.
After refusing to sign a statement that ensured diverse media representation of the most vulnerable marginalized groups such as women and LGBTI persons in Lebanon at the Global Conference for Media Freedom 2020 AND defending his decision, it seems as though the backlash was little too much for Charbel Wehbi.
Lebanon was the only country out of 37 member states of the coalition to refuse to sign the statement
This evoked a back and forth with many reporters, citizens, and activists on Twitter who deemed his refusal to sign a disgraceful and embarrassing act that compromised press freedom and the lives of marginalized people, after which he deactivated his account.
Here were some of the comments:
Oh well, maybe next time you’ll sign the inclusive and progressive statement and get to keep your account active.
After refusing to sign a statement that ensured diverse media representation of the most vulnerable marginalized groups such as women and LGBTI persons in Lebanon at the Global Conference for Media Freedom 2020 AND defending his decision, it seems as though the backlash was little too much for Charbel Wehbi.
Lebanon was the only country out of 37 member states of the coalition to refuse to sign the statement
This evoked a back and forth with many reporters, citizens, and activists on Twitter who deemed his refusal to sign a disgraceful and embarrassing act that compromised press freedom and the lives of marginalized people, after which he deactivated his account.
Here were some of the comments:
— leina maalouf (@leinamaalouf) November 19, 2020
dishonest for @Mcharbelwehbi to blame Lebanese law for his failure to sign. The law does *not* explicitly mention LGBTI people but sexual relations that ‘contradict the laws of nature’. This is vague enough that it can be ignored, as many judges have already done in #Lebanon. https://t.co/ac6QpkY92p
— ibn baldwin (@joeyayoub) November 19, 2020
mmmmm
— le roy (@royabssi) November 19, 2020
i wonder if you know someone, who’s a minister, in power, and actually is able to influence a change in laws!?!
I WONDER.
— Proud Lebanon (@ProudLebanonORG) November 19, 2020
Oh well, maybe next time you’ll sign the inclusive and progressive statement and get to keep your account active.
