Faisal Karami Slams STL, Says Bellemare Employee of Lebanon
Youth and Sports Minister Faisal Karami slammed the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, stressing that no tribunal will be able to carry out its investigations without a unanimous agreement on its credibility, professionalism and neutrality.
“The national consensus on the tribunal was gone since long time ago due to a series of mistakes and a behavior that didn’t comply with the minimum reputable standards,” Karami said during a dinner in honor of Arab Union Lawyers delegations on Friday.
He stressed that the STL probing ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination takes its legitimacy from the international community, however, it doesn’t represent it in an “exclusive” and “absolute” way.
Karami said that “Lebanon is a founding member of the U.N., so (STL Prosecutor) Daniel Bellemare is an employee of Lebanon and not the other way around.”
“Lebanon has the right to object to a commission funded by the United Nations,” the minister noted.
Karami stressed that “the STL issued an indictment after scandalous years filled with false files, suspicious leaks and false witnesses.”
“It’s a conspiracy targeting Lebanon,” he said.
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