Miqati Readies STL Clause Amid Efforts to Hold Vote of Confidence Session End of June
Premier Najib Miqati said Monday that he had readied his draft policy statement and would suggest an approach on the controversial issue of the international tribunal during the ministerial committee’s meeting.
The committee tasked with drafting the statement would meet on Tuesday. However, Miqati would hand over copies of his draft to the committee members on Monday to allow them to make their remarks during the meeting at the Grand Serail.
The prime minister told As Safir daily that he would not reveal his suggestion on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon clause in the policy statement “out of respect for the secrecy of consultations.”
The newspaper said that Miqati wrote down the clause on the STL after consultations with Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, the Hizbullah leader’s aide Hussein Khalil, and Ministers Ghazi Aridi and Shakib Qortbawi.
The clause is expected to satisfy all factions of the majority and appease the March 14 opposition, As Safir said. “It would also receive a good Arab and international echo.”
Meanwhile, ministerial sources told al-Liwaa newspaper that the committee could hold two or three meetings this week to speed up the drafting of the ministerial statement and pave way for parliament to discuss the statement by the end of June and make its confidence vote.
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