Hizbullah to Confront STL with Defiance and Perseverance
Hizbullah will seek to adopt an attitude of defiance against the second phase of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s indictment, reported the daily An Nahar on Monday.
Informed sources said that the party “will not back down an inch from its convictions to avoid appearing that the indictment had affected its resolve.”
“It is aware that the battle with the STL will be long and it will require patience and it has prepared itself for it,” they noted.
They said that the Hizbullah circles dedicated on following up on the indictment will adopt a similar approach that accompanied the release of the first phase of the indictment.
This approach calls for adopting media leaks, as well as “increasing the politicization of the tribunal” seeing as the second phase of the indictment will be accompanied by arrest warrants against 14 political figures that are part of the party and the Lebanese scene, the sources added.
Furthermore, the party is predicting that the indictment will be released after a major political development in Lebanon, similar to what happened with the announcement of the first phase which took place shortly after the formation of the new government, continued the sources.
The first indictment was accompanied by arrest warrants against four Hizbullah members, while the second phase is expected to include warrants against party members and other Lebanese politicians.
The STL’s second indictment will reportedly be released at the end of the month.
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