Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt said in an interview to be published on Tuesday that “the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) indictment is political par excellence.”
“[The indictment] might plunge Lebanon into an international conflict, which is [more than the country can bear],” he told Al-Anbaa newspaper.
The PSP leader also warned of the possibility of tense speeches during the parliamentary sessions that will be held to discuss the ministerial statement.
“It is the political parties’ responsibility to [ease] their speeches and prohibit their negative effects on the ground.”
March 14 leaders, MPs and figures met on Sunday night at the Bristol Hotel and issued a statement launching a national opposition aiming to bring down Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s cabinet unless the latter voices his adherence to UN Security Council Resolution 1757.
The STL on Thursday handed Attorney General Said Mirza arrest warrants for four members of the Iranian-and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in connection to the 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri.
The whereabouts of the four remain unknown.
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday ruled out the arrest of the four members indicted by the tribunal. He also rejected "each and every void accusation" made by the Netherlands-based court, which he said was heading for a trial in absentia.
The new Lebanese cabinet—headed by Mikati—was formed on June 13 after almost five months of deliberations between the March 8 parties.
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