Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in an interview published on Friday that the responsibility of following up on measures concerning the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and its indictment “falls on Prosecutor General Said Mirza, not the cabinet.”
“We don’t want to [spread] panic in the country due to an international resolution that is outside of our [authority],” he told As-Safir newspaper.
“There will be no strife in Lebanon as a result of the issuance of the STL’s indictment,” Mikati added.
The PM also said that the cabinet will continue its work after being granted the vote of confidence from the parliament, “which will likely take place on Monday.”
The STL said in a statement published on its website that the indictment and accompanying arrest warrants were transmitted to the Lebanese authorities on Thursday.
A judicial official told AFP that four Lebanese suspects were named in the STL’s indictment of the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri.
Local media said at least two of them were members of the Iranian and Syrian-backed Hezbollah, which has warned it would defend itself if accused.
-NOW Lebanon
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