August 18, 2010 - Now Lebanon - March 14 being asked to surrender, Zahra says

Lebanese Forces bloc MP Antoine Zahra told ANB television on Tuesday that “there is a political request for the March 14 alliance, and in particular Prime Minister Saad Hariri, to give up [their efforts.]”

He added that Tawhid Movement leader Wiam Wahhab was threatening his political rivals when he told New TV on Sunday that people supporting sedition in Lebanon will be later “found inside car trunks.”

Zahra also voiced his disappointment that Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun justifies his allies’ actions and statements.

Earlier on Tuesday, Aoun reiterated his criticism of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), saying the tribunal was misled by false witnesses.

The STL will not serve any party’s political ends, Zahra said, adding, “If the tribunal transforms into a tool that reassures a certain party, it will lose its credibility.”

The MP added that attempts to end the work of the STL will not succeed.

Last month, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah accused the STL of being an Israeli project designed to target the Resistance by stirring up sectarian strife in Lebanon.