Future bloc MP Ammar Houri said on Thursday “the coup that toppled former Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s government was targeting the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),” a reference to the Hezbollah-led March 8 alliance.
“Our first impression of the ministerial statement draft was that [the new cabinet] is trying to renounce the STL clause [already agreed on] in Hariri’s government,” he told LBC television. He added that “the STL clause is ambiguous, and it is obvious that [the cabinet] is renouncing Lebanon’s commitments to international obligations.”
Houri also said that the March 14 coalition does not have any “secret information” regarding the upcoming STL indictment.
Following its June 13 formation, Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s government – in which March 8 secured the majority – tasked a committee comprised of 10 ministers representing the cabinet’s factions to draft a ministerial statement.
The committee has been discussing how to tackle the issue of the STL’s upcoming indictment into the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri, which Hezbollah has repeatedly warned will target the party.
The committee has been discussing how to tackle the issue of the STL’s upcoming indictment into the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri, which Hezbollah has repeatedly warned will target the party.
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