Now Lebanon - Hezbollah told Sleiman, Mikati it rejects STL funding, Al-Liwaa reports, October 7, 2011

Al-Liwaa newspaper reported on Friday that Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah told President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister Najib Mikati that Hezbollah categorically rejects the government approving Lebanon’s share of funding for the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).
Hezbollah’s decision was also conveyed to all the blocs participating in the government, the daily added.
Al-Liwaa also said that in the light of Hezbollah’s stance, Mikati told all the ministers that belong to his share of the government “not to discuss the STL funding issue anymore.”
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 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.