Sources: Miqati Rejects Tension, his Stance Awaits Judiciary’s Probe into TIME Interview
Prime Minister Najib Miqati is waiting for the results of the investigation carried out by the general prosecutor’s office on the TIME magazine interview to take the appropriate action, his sources said Monday.
In remarks to several newspapers, the sources said that Miqati is hoping the probe would unveil the true story behind the controversial interview with one of the four suspects in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s Feb. 2005 assassination.
The premier rejects making conclusions or statements on the issue and on everything linked to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to safeguard national unity and civil peace, confront strife and achieve justice in Hariri’s case, they said.
The cabinet will take all necessary measures pending the end of the judiciary’s investigation on the interview, the sources told the dailies.
“There is no justification to the campaign carried out by the opposition against the government,” they said, adding that pro-government forces are seeking to calm the situation down but the March 14 forces are making the opposite.
“Miqati won’t be part of the party stirring tension in the country,” the sources stressed.
“They are asking where the state is. But has there been a state in the past four years when they were in power? Did they seek to control the security situation?” the sources wondered.
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