BEIRUT: Cabinet postponed Wednesday talks over the issue of false witnesses in the case of the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri after brief talks among its members in order to leave President Michel Sleiman room to broker an agreement among rival parties over the disputed issue.
During a session held at Baabda Palace, Sleiman said “rival political parties agreed to put false witnesses on trial,” but they should discuss the different legal opinions over the issue to reach a joint position.
March 14 coalition ministers insist the Justice Council lacks the jurisdiction to look into the case of false witnesses as described in Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar’s report, which noted the judiciary should address the case. But March 8 groups have repeatedly said the Justice Council should probe false witnesses since the issue has threatened national security and caused divisions among Lebanese, a case which falls under the council’s jurisdiction.
A political source told The Daily Star that the Cabinet could resume its talks over the issue next Wednesday but added that the date was not cast in stone.
A political source told The Daily Star that the Cabinet could resume its talks over the issue next Wednesday but added that the date was not cast in stone.
On another note, ministers tackled the rise in prices of consumer goods and agreed to take the necessary steps to counter it.
The Cabinet also discussed a dispute that broke out between Internal Security Forces Colonel Hussein Saleh and a Lebanese Army patrol in the Beirut suburb of Shiyah.
The personal quarrel took place after Saleh arrived at the scene to intervene in an incident that broke out between his son and the army patrol, a security source told The Daily Star.
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