Future bloc MP Assem Aaraji on Tuesday warned the cabinet against abandoning the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).
“If the cabinet does not adhere to the STL, then we will confront it,” he told Voice of Lebanon (100.5) radio.
“The ministerial statement did not mention UN Security Council Resolution 1757 or the STL; it only said that international resolutions should be respected,” Aaraji added.
The Future Movement MP also said that deputies of the March 14 coalition are in constant contact to decide on the statements they are going to deliver during this week’s parliamentary sessions.
Resolution 1757 established the STL, which is probing the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
MPs will convene on July 5, 6 and 7 to discuss the newly-formed cabinet’s political program that has yet to be granted the parliament’s vote of confidence.
March 14 leaders, MPs and figures met on Sunday night at Le Bristol Hotel and issued a statement launching the national opposition that aims to bring down PM Najib Mikati’s cabinet unless the latter voices his adherence to Resolution 1757.
The STL on Thursday handed Lebanon's Attorney General Said Mirza arrest warrants for four members of the Iranian-and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in connection to former PM Rafik Hariri’s assassination.
However, Hezbollah General Secretary Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday said he would never hand over the four, adding the Netherlands-based court was heading for a trial in absentia.
-NOW Lebanon
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