Prime Minister Najib
Miqati stated on Thursday that former minister and MP Michel Samaha’s arrest
was based on a judicial request.
He said: “The investigations
with Samaha are linked to security issues, not the Special Tribunal for
Lebanon.”
He did not elaborate on
this point.
The premier will later
receive a detailed report on the investigation, his visitors revealed.
The Internal Security
Forces Intelligence Branch arrested former MP and cabinet minister Michel
Samaha on Thursday morning "for security reasons," his wife and the
acting general prosecutor said.
Samaha was arrested
following raids on his houses in Beirut’s Ashrafiyeh district and the North Metn
town of Jwar al-Khensahara.
On the government’s
adoption of proportional representation for the parliamentary electoral law,
Miqati said: “Proportionality does not eliminate any side, but it allows them
all to take part in rule.”
“Parliament will have
the final say on the division of electoral districts,” he added.
“The parliamentary
elections will be held on time,” he stressed.
The government’s
decision on Tuesday sparked the criticism of various March 14 officials and
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat.
The March 14 camp said
that the new electoral law favors its rival March 8 camp.
Commenting on the
kidnapping of the 11 Lebanese pilgrims, Miqati was quoted as saying by his
visitors that the case has been politicized in order to launch a campaign
against the government.
“It seems that the captives
are being used for political purposes,” he noted.http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/49486
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