March 14 Warns Govt. against Abandoning STL, Slams Policy Statement 'Vague Wording'
The March 14 forces welcomed Thursday the confirmed indictment submitted earlier in the day by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to the Lebanese authorities, noting that “the event in itself reveals an important side of the truth in the murder of (ex-)PM Rafik Hariri and his companions and all the martyrs.”
The confirmation of the indictment that was submitted to the Lebanese authorities, along with an unspecified number of arrest warrants, is apt to “place Lebanon on the course of justice,” the March 14 general-secretariat said in a statement following an emergency meeting.
The March 14 forces vowed “before the martyrs and all the Lebanese” that they “will remain loyal to the path of independence, sovereignty, freedom, dignity and democracy.”
They also stressed that justice should not be in a confrontation with any Lebanese community, noting that “the rule of justice is targeting individuals, not a certain community.”
On the other hand, the March 14 forces warned the new government against “dereliction in shouldering its responsibilities and commitments to the STL and its rulings,” calling for an “unconditional, direct cooperation concerning the tribunal’s requests, especially regarding the indictment’s requirements.”
“March 14 stresses that the vague wording of the STL clause in the ministerial Policy Statement is rejected and will not succeed in bluffing the tribunal or the international community,” the general-secretariat said in the statement, stressing that “stability can only be protected through justice and a just State.”
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