Hariri to Respond to Accusations in TV Appearance on Tuesday
Former Premier Saad Hariri will on Tuesday respond to accusations that he was seeking to reach a compromise on ending the support for the international tribunal in return for staying in power, media reports said.
Al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Saturday that in his first television appearance from Paris since he left Beirut, Hariri will respond to the accusations and will stress that he holds onto the principles of the Cedar Revolution and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon that will try ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s suspected assassins.
Earlier in the week, Premier Najib Miqati accused Hariri without naming him that he had worked to “reach a settlement at the expense of the blood of martyrs.”
Meanwhile, al-Akhbar daily said that Hariri “is obliged” to return to Beirut before the holy month of Ramadan, meaning in the next three weeks.
According to al-Liwaa newspaper, Hariri will return to throw Iftar banquets in Qoreitem as he has done in previous years.
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