Aoun: We Question the Way Karam is Being Investigated, Rifi Spoke of an Illusory Battle

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun told Al-Jazeera TV that investigations with retired General Fayez Karam violated the criminal trial law, saying that this allows for demanding that the investigations be re-launched.

These violations, he said, include torture and preventing the accused from meeting with his lawyer in private.

Furthermore, the MP criticized the media leaks over the investigation, which he said have created a negative atmosphere around Karam.

Aoun accused the intelligence bureau at the Internal Security Forces of being behind these leaks.

“We question the way the investigation was conducted and the illusory battle that ISF chief Ashraf Rifi spoke of is not even a battle,” he added.

“There are accusations directed against him that he has yet to respond to,” he said of Rifi.