Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt said that he rejects all attempts that aim to politicize the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which is probing former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s 2005 assassination.
“We, along with Hezbollah, refuse the politicization of the tribunal…. we want justice, and we do not want the court to be a tool for implementing an international [agenda] in Lebanon,” Jumblatt said in an interview with the Russia Today website published on Thursday.
The MP, who was in Moscow on Wednesday, said that the Lebanese government “will look for the most appropriate way to maintain cooperation with the STL and rejects its politicization.”
Asked about the Syrian uprising, he called on President Bashar al-Assad to carry out reforms in his country.
Jumblatt also urged Assad to “penalize those who committed crimes against security forces in some Syrian areas.”
The MP also rejected “foreign interference in Syria’s affairs.”
Activists say the Syrian government's crackdown on pro-democracy and anti-regime protests has left more than 1,400 civilians dead. Thousands more have been jailed.
Meanwhile, the STL indicted four members of Hezbollah in connection to Rafik Hariri’s murder, but the Shia group ruled out their arrest.
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