Change and Reform bloc MP Abbas Hashem told New TV on Thursday that he has no objection to Wednesday’s attack on Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) investigators in Dahiyeh, saying that “everyone who violates the secrecy of public medicine must be rejected.”
A group of women charged at STL investigators at a Beirut gynecology clinic in Dahiyeh on Wednesday morning and grabbed a briefcase from them. Afterward the STL condemned the attack and said that its investigators had arranged to interview clinic owner Dr. Iman Chararah with approval from the Lebanese authorities, the Doctors Syndicate, and agreement from the doctor herself.
The investigators violated a forbidden space as if “the goal were to strike the environment that harbors the Resistance,” Hashem said.
Hashem also said he will ask Speaker Nabih Berri to release parliamentary committee meeting minutes so that Finance Minister Rayya al-Hassan can be shown to be wrong.
During Tuesday’s Parliamentary Budget and Finance Commission meeting, Hassan said in response to critics that “we did not commit any mistake and we will no longer tolerate [criticism],” NOW Lebanon’s correspondent reported.
“When we asked for a hearing of all finance ministers, we did not except anyone,” Hashem said. Change and Reform bloc MPs have called for the summoning of all finance ministers since 1993 for questioning regarding state expenditure.
Since 1993 the Finance Ministry has established a number of affiliate institutions, including some in other ministries, and these need to be abolished, Hashem also said. He added that “we do not want to hold [former Prime Minister Rafik] Hariri accountable but we want to hold the policy accountable.”
A group of women charged at STL investigators at a Beirut gynecology clinic in Dahiyeh on Wednesday morning and grabbed a briefcase from them. Afterward the STL condemned the attack and said that its investigators had arranged to interview clinic owner Dr. Iman Chararah with approval from the Lebanese authorities, the Doctors Syndicate, and agreement from the doctor herself.
The investigators violated a forbidden space as if “the goal were to strike the environment that harbors the Resistance,” Hashem said.
Hashem also said he will ask Speaker Nabih Berri to release parliamentary committee meeting minutes so that Finance Minister Rayya al-Hassan can be shown to be wrong.
During Tuesday’s Parliamentary Budget and Finance Commission meeting, Hassan said in response to critics that “we did not commit any mistake and we will no longer tolerate [criticism],” NOW Lebanon’s correspondent reported.
“When we asked for a hearing of all finance ministers, we did not except anyone,” Hashem said. Change and Reform bloc MPs have called for the summoning of all finance ministers since 1993 for questioning regarding state expenditure.
Since 1993 the Finance Ministry has established a number of affiliate institutions, including some in other ministries, and these need to be abolished, Hashem also said. He added that “we do not want to hold [former Prime Minister Rafik] Hariri accountable but we want to hold the policy accountable.”
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