The Higher Islamic Council called for avoiding actions that would obstruct the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) work as well as the course of justice.
Following its meeting on Saturday chaired by Grand Mufti of the Lebanese Republic Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani, the council said that respecting and committing to the principles of the Dar al-Fatwa statement would get Lebanon out of its crisis.
Sunni political and religious leaders attended an “Islamic meeting” at Dar al-Fatwa on February 10, issuing a statement afterward that warned against “giving up on Lebanon’s commitment” to the STL. Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati attended the meeting and reportedly accepted the statement.
Mikati has yet to form a cabinet after the January collapse of Saad Hariri’s unity government over a dispute on the STL which will reportedly indict Hezbollah members.
The Daily Star newspaper reported on Wednesday that four ministers have not complied with information requests from STL Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare.
Bellemare, investigating the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri, submitted his draft indictment in the case to STL Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen in mid-January.
-NOW Lebanon
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