July 7, 2010 - Now Lebanon - Sakr: Hezbollah’s position in STL investigation has been blown out of proportion

Speaking to ANB on Tuesday, Lebanon First bloc MP Okab Sakr said that Hezbollah’s position in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s ongoing investigation has been blown out of proportion, saying it is an insult to Hezbollah to bring it before the court prematurely.

Sakr said that the STL was working transparently with armies of lawyers with clear decisions and indictments, and that in the event of the accusation of an internal group - and he claimed to find this very unlikely – it would not be done unless there is clear evidence.

He added, “all the tribunal can do is summon some people and ask them questions. If nothing is proved against them, it cannot detain them.”

Sakr said if Hezbollah is indicted, it must present its evidence, prove its innocence, and the matter ends.

When asked about last week’s confrontations between UNIFIL and residents of the South, Sakr said that French UNIFIL troops had entered villages in the South because the Israelis had threatened to move if UNIFIL did not, asking “how naïve is it [for someone] to present a service to Israel because he believes that he is the spearhead of the resistance?”

-NOW Lebanon