Now Lebanon - Mikati to ask parliament to handle STL funding, source says, October 7, 2011

An unnamed minister said that “Prime Minister Najib Mikati will most probably ask the cabinet parties that support funding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), including Progressive Socialist Party ministers, to discuss the issue in the parliament through a draft law because the issue cannot be approved in the government,” Al-Hayat newspaper reported on Friday.
The minister also said that political sources close to Speaker Nabih Berri conveyed the latter’s frustration over Mikati’s statements that he commits to STL funding.
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