Aoun: STL's Objective is Undermining Stability, Not Maintaining Justice

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Tuesday noted that "the objective of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is undermining stability rather than maintaining justice," adding that "the evidence is that many heads of state had died here (in Lebanon) before" with the United States remaining idle about their cases.

After the weekly meeting of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc held in Rabiyeh, Aoun stressed that "the issue of the Judicial Council is clear, and everyone knows that the murder of ex-PM Rafik Hariri had been referred to the Judicial Council since the beginning."

He clarified that "Opposition ministers have not set a deadline for resolving the false witnesses issue."

On the other hand, Aoun urged the Lebanese judiciary to speed up the issuance of verdicts against the perpetrators of an ambush against an army patrol in the Bekaa town of Majdal Anjar on Thursday, which had left an officer and a sergeant dead.

As Aoun condemned the "attacks" against Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud, he congratulated Telecom Minister Charbel Nahas "and our allies in the International Telecommunication Union for unveiling Israel's spying on the telecom sector."

The FPM leader called on the government to follow up on the issue.

He also asked the government to "publish the contracts with Sukleen (waste disposal company), so that we know what they contain."

"The defect that has been ongoing since 1993 at the Finance Ministry requires us to defend the public rights because debts have been increasing. We demand ultimate transparency in financial auditing and we won't accept any compromise," Aoun stressed.