Mustaqbal Bloc Says Policy Statement ‘Trap for Lebanon’
The Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc said on Friday that the accusations issued by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the indictment in the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafik Hariri target the accused people and not their sects or parties.
MP Mohammed Kabbara, who read the bloc’s statement after a meeting it held in Qoreitem, said the STL clause in the policy statement means that the cabinet disavowed itself from its international commitments.
“The policy statement is a trap for Lebanon to put it in confrontation with the international community,” Kabbara said.
He added: “The indictment moved Lebanon into a new stage. It expresses the right of Lebanese to achieve the justice they aim for.”
The statement said the bloc has “previously warned the government and its PM (Najib Miqati) against disavowing itself from (its commitment to the) international tribunal.”
Al-Mustaqbal bloc announced that it will withhold its vote of confidence from the cabinet.
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