Mountain Unity bloc MP Fadi Aawar said on Wednesday that the debate over the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) between members of committee responsible for drafting the Ministerial Statement has nothing to do with the issue date of the tribunal’s indictment.
He told Voice of Lebanon (93.3) radio that discussions on the STL are taking long because the Ministerial Statement’s clause on the tribunal will be the country’s basis for dealing with the international community.
The Ministerial Statement will be finalized soon and the cabinet will not reach a dead-end, Aawar added.
He also said that Hezbollah will not be subject to blackmail when it comes to the STL’s indictment.
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 will reportedly implicate members of the Shia group.
Saad Hariri’s cabinet recognized the STL in its ministerial statement.
-NOW Lebanon
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