Abboud Reportedly Rejects Resignations of Three Judges

Higher Judicial Council chief Judge Suheil Abboud has rejected the resignations of the judges Jeanette Hanna, Carla Kassis and Rola al-Husseini, al-Jadeed TV reported on Friday.

The judges had submitted the resignations to the Council on Thursday, as reports said the move aimed at protesting political interference in the judiciary.

Al-Jadeed, however, said that only Hanna’s resignation has to do with “the probe into the Beirut port blast and the political interference in this file” while Kassis and Husseini have resigned for “private” reasons.

A judicial source had said Thursday that the judges handed in their resignation "to protest... political interference in the work of the judiciary and the undermining of decisions issued by judges and courts."