Now Lebanon - An-Nahar: Berri, Mikati discussed STL funding on Saturday, October 10, 2011

Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati discussed the issue of Lebanon paying its share of funding to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) during a meeting on Saturday, An-Nahar newspaper reported.
According to the daily’s Monday edition, Berri told Mikati that a vote on the issue will be cast in cabinet. The speaker also suggested “transferring a draft law on the matter to parliament in order to bring up” the STL issue for discussion, said An-Nahar.
The UN-backed tribunal is funded by an assortment of donor countries from around the world as well as Lebanon. However, Hezbollah and other March 8 parties and figures have spoken out against Lebanon’s ties and funding for the tribunal and called it a tool to incite sectarian strife in Lebanon.
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 PM Rafik Hariri. However, the Shia group strongly denied the charges and refuses to cooperate with the court.