Fatfat: Wait for SDL indictment before judging it

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March 14 MP Ahmad Fatfat told the Voice of Lebanon (VOL) on Friday.

“All we are asking for is to wait until the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) issues its indictment to find out whether it is politicized,”

Despite all leaks relating to the STL’s indictment, nothing confirms that the tribunal is politicized, Fatfat said.

Tension escalated in Lebanon following reports that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon will soon issue its indictment into the 2005 assassination of Lebanon’s former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Last July, the Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that the tribunal is “an Israeli project” that will indict Hezbollah members. Nasrallah accused Israel of being behind Hariri’s assassination but refused to provide the evidence to STL to support his claim. Hezbollah and its March 8 allies have been calling for the abolition of STL.

Some leaders are concerned that should the court indict Hezbollah members, it could lead to a Sunni Shitte strife

The Pro Syrian Al Akhbar newspaper reported earlier in the month that Hezbollah has prepared a plan to take over Lebanon when STL issues its indictment for the 2005 murder of the late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun , (a close ally of Hezbollah ) said on November 18 that Hezbollah might violently respond to an STL indictment that accuses Hezbollah party’s members in Hariri’s assassination.

On December 7 a leading Israeli Military Intelligence official expressed concerns that Hezbollah might seize control of Lebanese government institutions .

“Dozens will be killed when Hezbollah uses force and takes over government institutions,” senior Military Intelligence official Colonel Yossi Adler told the Knesset in ‘a possible scenario if Hezbollah is indicted by STL.’

March 8 politicians have called for the cabinet to task the Justice Council with investigating the issue of ( so called false ) witnesses who reportedly gave unreliable testimonies to the international probe into the 2005 assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri. However, March 14 politicians believe that the regular judiciary should handle the matter.

Chairman of the Judicial and Administration Parliamentary Committee MP Robert Ghanem during an interview with “Arab week” and “Magazine” on Thursday explained the issue of false witnesses :

“ Article 408 and some other articles of the Lebanese Penal Code define the false witness as the person who testifies to the judicial authorities and provides contradictory testimony , but the testimony before the security forces or law enforcement authorities ( not in front of a judge ) is considered a false testimony”.

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5 responses to “Fatfat: Wait for SDL indictment before judging it”

  1. Does it really matter after all (the indictment)? HA made it clear that it’s been buried and dead in their books. So…people of Lebanon…accept what WE (HA) dictate and SHUT UP!

    Hizbullah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem on Friday said there is no need for an indictment in the murder case of ex-PM Rafik Hariri “as it is already dead.” “The indictment is dead. It has become colorless, tasteless and useless,” Qassem said during a memorial service at Berjawi hussainiya.

    “Suppose the indictment is issued tomorrow, it will not change anything because we buried it before it was issued,” he added. “So the indictment to us, as Hizbullah, has no more value or meaning.”

    Now you tell me Lebanon is not being oppressed against their will under these terms?

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    Does it really matter after all (the indictment)? HA made it clear that it’s been buried and dead in their books. So…people of Lebanon…accept what WE (HA) dictate and SHUT UP!

    Hizbullah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem on Friday said there is no need for an indictment in the murder case of ex-PM Rafik Hariri “as it is already dead.” “The indictment is dead. It has become colorless, tasteless and useless,” Qassem said during a memorial service at Berjawi hussainiya.

    “Suppose the indictment is issued tomorrow, it will not change anything because we buried it before it was issued,” he added. “So the indictment to us, as Hizbullah, has no more value or meaning.”

    Now you tell me Lebanon is not being oppressed against their will under these terms?

  3. PROPHET.T Avatar

    Can’t Hariri find some one else to speak for the future movement beside Fatfat?
    I’m sure there are plenty of honorable and patriotic people around him;Why pick the one who ordered a Lebanese Army general to serve tea to Israeli invaders?
    That shows how immature politically Saad Hariri is.

  4. PROPHET.T Avatar

    Can’t Hariri find some one else to speak for the future movement beside Fatfat?
    I’m sure there are plenty of honorable and patriotic people around him;Why pick the one who ordered a Lebanese Army general to serve tea to Israeli invaders?
    That shows how immature politically Saad Hariri is.

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