Kataeb bloc MP Elie Marouni said on Thursday that the new cabinet’s Ministerial Statement clause that pertains to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is “booby-trapped and vague.”
“The clause is booby-trapped and unclear; it paves the way for questioning, especially concerning [the part] that says [the STL] issue [can] affect Lebanon’s stability,” Marouni told As-Sharq radio station.
He also said that March 8 parties – who secured the majority in the new cabinet –“rushed into finalizing the Ministerial Statement because they were cornered.”
The MP voiced hope that the STL indictment will not have negative repercussions on Lebanon’s security.
Energy Minister Gebran Bassil said that the commission of the new government finally agreed Wednesday on a posture toward the UN-backed STL.
The cabinet was formed on June 13 after almost five months of deliberations between the March 8 parties.
There are rumors that the tribunal will indict Hezbollah for the 2005 murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a move the party repeatedly warned against.
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