Lebanese Forces bloc MP Antoine Zahra said Friday that Prime Minister Najib Mikati “will try to escape his responsibilities” concerning the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s indictment.
“What matters for Lebanon is that the cabinet issued a vague clause concerning the STL file, which [does not benefit the] government,” he told Free Lebanon radio.
The LF MP also said that the government cannot say that it “did not find the indicted individuals, since they belong to a party that backs the cabinet,” in a reference to Hezbollah.
The UN-backed international court on Thursday issued its indictment and arrest warrants for the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri, with members of Hezbollah reportedly among those named.
Al-Manar television dismissed the court as "politicized" and said it bore the mark of being at the service of intelligence agencies.
The Iranian- and Syrian-backed Shia group has warned it would "cut off the hand" of anyone who attempts to arrest party members linked to the February 14, 2005 seaside bombing that killed Hariri and 22 others.
-NOW Lebanon
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