First Lady Neemat Aoun said on Monday that the country must be given time to recover from collapse. She outlined plans for social projects, including a ban on child marriage and improvements to prison conditions.
“The State was collapsed, and we need time to rebuild it,” Aoun said in her first televised interview with MTV Lebanon. “That is why I always say we must give time to time. We are working on a patriotism project that will be launched in October.”
Aoun revealed that her team is drafting a project to prohibit marriage under the age of 18, describing child marriage and so-called “honor crimes” as forms of physical and psychological violence. She stressed that only the judiciary has the authority to issue verdicts, warning against any form of extrajudicial judgment.
The First Lady also pointed to the prisons' situation as a priority. She said efforts are under way to rehabilitate existing facilities “within the possible means” and to establish prisons that allow mothers to remain with their children.
Aoun urged Lebanese families to look to the Lebanese Army as a model of discipline and unity within the household. While noting that she holds no legislative or executive authority, she underscored that she has “a voice” and intends to use it.
Aoun also spoke of her personal faith, recalling her devotion to Saint Charbel, and expressed solidarity with those displaced or who lost their homes, saying she has lived through the same hardship.
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