Now Lebanon - March 14 says STL guarantees “peace, state-building”, September 28, 2011

The March 14 General Secretariat on Thursday said that the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which linked Hezbollah members to the 2005 murder of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri, guarantees “peace and state-building.”
In a reference to the Shia group, March 14 said that the STL ensures the implementation of laws for not only “unarmed civilians, but also for those who have weapons and think they are strong.”
The secretariat called on Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s government to be committed to handing over those indicted by the court.
It also urged the cabinet “to honor its commitments to international resolutions… and provide its annual share of funding to the STL.”
The STL indicted four Hezbollah members for ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination. However, the Shia group denied the charges and ruled out the arrest of the suspects.

The 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.

Lebanon contributes 49 percent of the STL’s annual funding.