Culture Minister Gaby Layoun said in an interview published on Tuesday that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s (STL) indictment “will encounter a united stance from the cabinet’s ministers.”
“All ministers are keen on having a united stance concerning the STL,” he told Al-Liwaa newspaper.
“The [STL’s] indictment will strengthen the cabinet’s position, which will be expressed responsibly. We will confront it to preserve stability,” Layoun added.
Layoun also criticized the STL’s indictment leaks, adding that this file became politicized since everyone knows the path it is following.
“We will confront any [Lebanese] party’s attempt to take advantage of this [indictment],” he added.
The new Lebanese cabinet—headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati—was formed on June 12 after almost five months of deliberations between the March 8 parties.
Before bringing down Saad Hariri’s cabinet in January, Hezbollah had been pressing him to disavow the STL, which is probing the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri and likely to implicate members of the Shia group.
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