Lebanon First bloc MP Ammar Houri told As-Sharq radio station on Thursday that fighting domestically is unlikely because the suitable circumstances for such an armed conflict do not exist.
“Lebanon cannot be [controlled] by one party and no party has the right to cancel another or impose its opinion and threaten it if it disagrees with it.”
There must be solidarity among the Lebanese no matter what the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) indictment is, Houri said, adding that the indictment will name individuals and not countries, parties or organizations.
The MP rejected Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun’s statement that “Prime Minister Saad Hariri knows who killed his father” – late former PM Rafik Hariri .
“No one knows what the content of the indictment is. If Aoun has information, we expect him to present it to the STL because it is the only appropriate place to receive such information.”
Tension is high in Lebanon after unconfirmed reports that the tribunal will soon issue its indictment for the 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri. 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 Hezbollah took over half of Beirut.
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has repeatedly said that the UN-backed probe is an “Israeli project” that will indict members of his party.
“Lebanon cannot be [controlled] by one party and no party has the right to cancel another or impose its opinion and threaten it if it disagrees with it.”
There must be solidarity among the Lebanese no matter what the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) indictment is, Houri said, adding that the indictment will name individuals and not countries, parties or organizations.
The MP rejected Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun’s statement that “Prime Minister Saad Hariri knows who killed his father” – late former PM Rafik Hariri .
“No one knows what the content of the indictment is. If Aoun has information, we expect him to present it to the STL because it is the only appropriate place to receive such information.”
Tension is high in Lebanon after unconfirmed reports that the tribunal will soon issue its indictment for the 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri. 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 Hezbollah took over half of Beirut.
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has repeatedly said that the UN-backed probe is an “Israeli project” that will indict members of his party.
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