Iloubnan - PSP supports financing STL, Terro says, September 17, 2011

Minister of the displaced, Alaaeddine Terro, emphasized Friday that no one in Lebanon can abolish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon which was established by the United Nations, during the Progressive Socialist Party Alumni Association dinner in Damour, whereby the Minister represented PSP leader Walid Jumblatt.

"The Progressive Socialist Party supports financing the court in order to shed light on the truth," said Terro. He considered that although current government was not one of national unity, it still worked for all Lebanese without exception.

"This government respects the balance and does not wish in any way to open pages of the past," he said.

Terro insisted that the government was working to fend danger off of Lebanon during current difficult circumstance, claiming regret that some political speeches encouraged strife.

Addressing the issue of weapons, another subject that divides the Lebanese, the minster affirmed that arms of Hezbollah should continue to defend Lebanon against Israeli ambitions. However, he cautioned that once those arms were used internally, they caused massive destruction and fitna.

On a regional level, Terro warned that rebellions in various Arab countries should not be a subject matter of dispute among Lebanese, asserting that those issues should be left to their respective people and not dragged into the domestic scene. "Probably the Arab people are more aware of their interests and the means to confront their leaders."