Now Lebanon - Jarrah: ‘Oral commitments’ to STL are not enough, September 29, 2011

Future bloc MP Jamal al-Jarrah said on Thursday that “oral commitments” are not enough, in reference to Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s statements reiterating Lebanon’s commitment to international resolutions.
“Oral commitments, even when made public, are not enough,” Jarrah told the Voice of Lebanon (93.3) radio station.
“What [would] be enough is really proving that the cabinet is committed to [paying its share] of funding to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and [proving] that [the cabinet] does not want to subject Lebanon to a confrontation with the international community.”
Jarrah also said that the cabinet “must prove” that it wants to achieve justice and that it wants the UN-backed court to continue its work in order to stop political assassinations in Lebanon.
“All we have heard until now are statements. We have not seen any serious step [taken toward paying Lebanon’s share of funding to the STL],” the MP also said.
Jarrah also called on Mikati to find a “suitable formula” in his cabinet to pay Lebanon’s share of funding to the UN-backed court.
Lebanon contributes 49 percent of the STL’s annual funding.
Four Hezbollah members have been indicted by the STL probing the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. However, the Shia group strongly denied the charges and refuses to cooperate with the court.