Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas said on Wednesday that important matters other than the issue of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon need to be discussed in the committee responsible for drafting the Ministerial Statement, including the issue of the state budget.
“Other economic and social matters should be discussed and [tackled by the committee],” he told LBC television.
Nahhas added that fair medical coverage in Lebanon is part of justice in the country.
Media outlets have reported that the STL’s indictment for the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri will soon be issued.
The new Lebanese cabinet—headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati—was formed on June 13 after almost five months of deliberations between the March 8 parties.
Before bringing down Saad Hariri’s cabinet in January, Hezbollah had been pressing him to disavow the STL, which is likely to implicate members of the Shia group for the Rafik Hariri murder.
Saad Hariri’s cabinet recognized the STL in its ministerial statement.
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