Development and Liberation bloc MP Ali Bazzi said on Thursday that the mechanism used to finance the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) “protects the country.”
“The mechanism preserves and protects the country…and tomorrow is another day,” Bazzi told LBC television.
He also voiced hope that “the government would be capable and productive.”
Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced on Wednesday that he transferred Lebanon's share of funds to the tribunal.
Media outlets reported that Mikati ordered the transfer of funds from the Higher Relief Commission’s budget and not from the Justice Ministry after the Hezbollah-led March 8 parties, which dominate the government, opposed funding the tribunal.
Media outlets reported that Mikati ordered the transfer of funds from the Higher Relief Commission’s budget and not from the Justice Ministry after the Hezbollah-led March 8 parties, which dominate the government, opposed funding the tribunal.
The STL has indicted four Hezbollah operatives for murdering ex-Premier Rafik Hariri and 21 others in a car bomb blast in Beirut in 2005.
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