Al-Ahad TV (AAH — official) carried political researcher Wathiq al-Jabri early on 23 August saying that Faleh al-Fayyad's failure to attend a parliamentary session was a legal violation, that Parliament has the right to take punitive measures against him, and that his absence amounted to shirking responsibility. Jabri said the PMF chairman bears full responsibility for failing to order the evacuation of headquarters that were struck, and that questions about the failure to evacuate and the resulting deaths had become widespread. The broadcast graphics carried the line "Fayyad hides behind political targeting... and the file of the aggression against the PMF is before accountability"; the supplied text does not say who carried out the targeting.
- Al-Ahad TVAAH — official23 Aug, 08:22
“Fayyad's failure to attend the parliamentary session was a legal violation; Parliament has the right to take punitive measures against Fayyad for not attending the extraordinary session; the PMF chairman bears full responsibility for failing to report the evacuation of the targeted headquarters; questions about the failure to evacuate PMF headquarters and the resulting casualties have become wides”
عدم حضور الفياض الى جلسة البرلمان مخالفة قانونية؛ من حق البرلمان اتخاذ اجراءات عقابية بحق الفياض لعدم حضوره الجلسة الاستثنائية؛ رئيس هيئة الحشد يتحمل المسؤولية الكاملة لعدم الابلاغ عن اخلاء المقرات المستهدفة؛ تساؤلات عدم اخلاء مقار الحشد وسقوط الضحايا باتت شعبية
an AAH or Sadiqoun bloc figure adopting the punitive-measures demand in its own name, a parliamentary summons or binding in-absentia decision against Fayyad, a statement from Fayyad's office or the PMF Commission on the evacuation question, and any naming of the struck headquarters or the party that struck them — any of these moves this file.