Whoever deals with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is “violating laws and the constitution, creating instability in the country, and threatening civil peace,” Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Ali Ammar said on Monday.
“There is no legal or constitutional justification for working with the STL,” Ammar told OTV, adding that anybody who works with the tribunal is necessarily suspect because the tribunal is “building a new bank of targets for Israel.”
Ammar also said that “whoever says that there are no false witnesses [in the international investigation into former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s 2005 murder] is himself a false witness.”
Tension is high in Lebanon after unconfirmed reports that the STL will soon issue its indictment in the Rafik Hariri murder. There are fears that should the court indict Hezbollah members, it could lead to clashes similar to those of the 2008 May Events – when gunmen led by the party took over half of Beirut.
On Thursday, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called on all Lebanese to boycott the STL and to end cooperation with its investigators.
“There is no legal or constitutional justification for working with the STL,” Ammar told OTV, adding that anybody who works with the tribunal is necessarily suspect because the tribunal is “building a new bank of targets for Israel.”
Ammar also said that “whoever says that there are no false witnesses [in the international investigation into former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s 2005 murder] is himself a false witness.”
Tension is high in Lebanon after unconfirmed reports that the STL will soon issue its indictment in the Rafik Hariri murder. There are fears that should the court indict Hezbollah members, it could lead to clashes similar to those of the 2008 May Events – when gunmen led by the party took over half of Beirut.
On Thursday, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called on all Lebanese to boycott the STL and to end cooperation with its investigators.
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