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BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri warned Wednesday that anyone protecting the assassins of his father Rafik Hariri would be imprisoned, in response to comments from Michel Aoun that March 14 lawmakers would end up in prison.
“The only people whose fate will be in prison are those who murdered martyr-President Rafik Hariri and those who protect these murderers,” Hariri said in a statement, adding that the Lebanese were aware of slogans and empty promises made by Aoun and the March 8 alliance.
Following his meeting Tuesday with the Free Patriotic Movement, Aoun said many Future Movement officials would end up in prison. “Since they rejected the one way out, there is the one way in, as there is a big section in Roumieh prison being prepared to host them.
Aoun also criticized Hariri’s policy in Lebanon Saturday, saying it was aimed at paralyzing state institutions in a bid to control the country and adding that Hariri had been issued a one-way ticket out of Lebanon and the government.
“We will face anyone who might target any honorable person in Lebanon." Hariri said.
Since the formation of Prime Minister Najib Mikati's Cabinet on June 13, Aoun and the Future Movement have exchanged verbal attacks, deepening the political divide between the March 8 and the March 14 coalitions.
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