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October 9, 2011

Now Lebanon - Charbel says he supports STL funding, October 9, 2011

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said on Sunday that he supports the funding of the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).
“I am with the STL funding because I think that Lebanon will be [damaged] if the tribunal’s financing is not [done],” he told MTV station.
“Not funding the STL will result in economic sanctions on Lebanon,” Charbel added.
The Interior Minister also said that neither President Michel Sleiman nor Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun have addressed his stance concerning the STL.
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, while Prime Minister Najib Mikati has voiced Lebanon’s commitment to the court and its funding.
Four Hezbollah members have been indicted by the STL for the 2005 assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri. However, the Shia group strongly denied the charges and refuses to cooperate with the court.
Lebanon contributes 49 percent of the STL’s annual funding.

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