BEIRUT: Change and Reform bloc MP Ziad Aswad said Friday his
parliamentary bloc would vote against funding for the Special Tribunal for
Lebanon whether Prime Minister Najib Mikati retains his post or not.
“Regardless of the views of Prime Minister Najib Mikati and his
allies, the Change and Reform will not agree to funding the court,” Aswad told
the Kataeb-owned Voice of Lebanon radio station.
“Whether Prime Minister Najib Mikati remains in power or
resigns, the ball is in his court,” Aswad added.
During a late night interview with LBC television Thursday,
Mikati said he would resign if the Cabinet failed next week to approve the
payment of Lebanon’s share to the funding of the U.N.-backed court, in a
dramatic move that would plunge the divided country into further political
turmoil.
The March 8 coalition has repeatedly voiced its opposition to
funding the international court, which in June indicted four members of
Hezbollah in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Hezbollah
denies any involvement in the 2005 assassination and has vowed not to cooperate
with the STL, which it describes as part of a “U.S.-Israeli project” aimed at
targeting the resistance group.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Nov-25/155181-aswad-change-and-reform-to-vote-against-stl-funding.ashx#axzz1eXgY1TwC
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