Now Lebanon - Sleiman, Mikati cannot refrain from funding STL, Harb says, October 7, 2011

March 14 MP Boutros Hard said on Friday that “President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister Najib Mikati cannot refrain from funding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) probing the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.”
“Sleiman’s and Mikati’s commitments to fund the STL put the government at stake because they cannot refrain from translating their commitments into action,” Harb told Voice of Lebanon Radio (100.5).
He also said that there is a disagreement inside the government on the STL funding issue.
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 Hariri’s assassination. 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.