Minister of State Panos Manajian said on Tuesday that “the Tashnaq Party will abide by the Change and Reform bloc’s decision regarding the issue of funding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.”
“The Tashnaq Party will participate in making the decision of the Change and Reform bloc,” Manajian also told the Voice of Lebanon (100.5) radio station.
Manajian, who said he expects “the government to remain until 2013,” also said “with all due respect to the STL issue, there are also other important livelihood issues to be discussed.”
Prime Minister Najib Mikati Mikati has called for the cabinet to meet on November 30 and discuss the issue of Lebanon’s share of funding for the STL investigating the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri.
The PM last week hinted that he might resign if his government fails to agree to fund the tribunal.
Meanwhile, Change and Reform bloc ministers boycotted last Friday’s cabinet session because they did not approve of the agenda set by Mikati.
Meanwhile, Change and Reform bloc ministers boycotted last Friday’s cabinet session because they did not approve of the agenda set by Mikati.
Four Hezbollah members have been indicted by the STL for Hariri’s killing. 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.
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