Now Lebanon - Alain Aoun says STL funding will be discussed in cabinet, September 28, 2011

Change and Reform bloc MP Alain Aoun said on Wednesday that the funding of the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) will be discussed during cabinet sessions.
“Today, every party is voicing its political stance, but when this topic is going to be discussed in the cabinet, then all parties are going to voice their fears [concerning the STL],” he told New TV station.
“If the matter of the STL funding has not yet been discussed in the cabinet, every [public stance] is considered a [mere] political [opinion],” Aoun added.
Hezbollah-led March 8 parties – which currently dominate Lebanon’s cabinet – have opposed a clause in the Lebanese annual state budget pertaining to the funding of the tribunal which is probing the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Four Hezbollah members have been indicted by the STL. However, the Shia group strongly denied the charges and refuses to cooperate with the court.
The Free Patriotic Movement official also said that the Maronite Patriarchate is impartial when it comes to supporting political parties.
The patriarch has faced criticism by some figures of the Western-backed March 14 coalition after his recent statements in France supporting the Syrian regime and Hezbollah’s arms.
However, the patriarch later commented on the aforementioned statements and said that they “were taken out of context and have nothing to do” with his personal opinion.