During an interview with MTV , Phalange party MP Nadim Gemayel called on Prime Minister –designate Najib Mikati to have a “clear stance” regarding the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).
“The Phalange Party will not take part in any cabinet , headed by Mikati, as long as the PM-designate does not make up his mind over the STL,” Gemayel said
“We have Cedar Revolution martyrs and other martyrs like Bashir Gemayel ….we are directly conc
The Iranian- and Syria-backed Hezbollah brought down PM Saad Hariri’s government on January 12 over the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s ( STL) indictment which is widely expected to implicate Hezbollah members in the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri in 2005 .
Mikati, backed by Hezbollah and its March 8 allies including MP Walid Jumblatt , was appointed last Tuesday by president Michel Suleiman as PM-designate to form and head the next cabinet , giving Hezbollah and its allies increased leverage in the country and provoking widespread protests.
The March 14 alliance is demanding that Mikati, a political moderate with good ties to Syria, guarantee he will not disavow the tribunal.erned with the tribunal, ” the son of the slain former president Bashir Gemayel said
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